The Marriage of Joseph to Asenath: A Marriage Fan, second half of the 18th century, double paper leaf mounted on fine gilded and silvered mother of pearl sticks. Asenath, an Egyptian, wearing a gold crown, her groom Joseph, an Israelite patriarch, at her side, comes to be married at an arbour garlanded with flowers, observed by men on horseback. To the left, a stone plinth with the words ";Joseph épouse de Asena fille de Potiph";. To the right another such plinth is carved with skinny white oxen
The Marriage of Joseph to Asenath: A Marriage Fan, second half of the 18th century, double paper leaf mounted on fine gilded and silvered mother of pearl sticks. Asenath, an Egyptian, wearing a gold crown, her groom Joseph, an Israelite patriarch, at her side, comes to be married at an arbour garlanded with flowers, observed by men on horseback. To the left, a stone plinth with the words ";Joseph épouse de Asena fille de Potiph";. To the right another such plinth is carved with skinny white oxen
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