Arabesque Design for a Panel, Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, Gaine with the bust of Dionysus supporting a bowl full of bunches of grapes and leaves from which a faun with a thyrsus and two acanthus scrolls rise. A disk with roses and a trophy are suspended from the scroll at right. A flower basket standing upon the head of the half-figure of a lion, below. The left half shows the half-figure of a lion supporting a flower basket over which a thyrsus rises and to which a trophy of pastoral musical instruments is fastened. Framing strip., France, ca. 1775, ornament, drawing, drawing
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Arabesque Design, Panel, Pen, ink, brush, wash, paper, Gaine, bust, Dionysus supporting, bowl full, bunches, grapes, leaves, faun, thyrsus, two acanthus scrolls rise, disk, roses, trophy, suspended, scroll, right, flower basket standing upon, head, half-figure, lion, left half, half-figure, lion supporting, flower basket, thyrsus rises, trophy, pastoral musical instruments, fastened, Framing strip, France, ca, 1775, ornament, drawing, drawing
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