At 09:02 PM 10/20/2005, you wrote:
I thought I'd share this fan on ebay someone
has. http://snipurl.com/irwfFrom the
description: "Very Rare and Collectible -Early
18th Century hand fan with serpentine ivory
sticks mounted with leaf depicting the Biblical
story (Numbers 21: 4 9) of The Israelites in
the desert. Their punishment for speaking out
against God and Moses was to be plagued with
poisonous snakes. When the people repented,
Moses was told by God to make an image of a
snake of brass and set in on a tau-shaped (T)
pole. It had a miraculous curative effect. This
unique fan is painted with gouache on paper and
is in very good condition No tears and no
repairs. The color is bright and the ivory
sticks are very high quality. The guards are
laminated with mother of pearl shell at the top
and at the base. The sticks are carved to
display a woven pattern when the fan is closed
(see photo). We will ship ivory to overseas
buyers who have a U.S. agent to clear the item
for international shipping. . The leaf measures
16 1/2 inches across.Guard sticks are 10 1/4
inches." I thought that several who do this time
line would enjoy this. Bice _______________________________________________
Unfortunately, the snipped URL did not work. The
link merely takes one to the SnipURL site. You
might just give us the eBay link. Those usually work just fine.
Joan Jurancich
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