A RAISEDWORK PICTURE DEPICTING THE VIRTUE 'TEMPERANCE'
ENGLISH, 17TH CENTURY
The ivory silk ground worked in coloured silks, depicting 'Temperance', one of the 'Four Cardinal Virtues', as an elegantly dressed lady pouring liquid from a pitcher into another vessel, each corner worked with various scenes within ogival cartouches, including a lady with flowers on her lap and a dog at her feet, possibly representing 'Spring', one of the 'Four Seasons', or 'Smell', one of the 'Five Senses', the others possibly representing the remaining 'Four Seasons'
14.2 x 10.2 in. (35.5 x 25.5 cm.)
Framed and glazed
A RAISEDWORK PICTURE DEPICTING THE VIRTUE 'TEMPERANCE'
ENGLISH, 17TH CENTURY
The ivory silk ground worked in coloured silks, depicting 'Temperance', one of the 'Four Cardinal Virtues', as an elegantly dressed lady pouring liquid from a pitcher into another vessel, each corner worked with various scenes within ogival cartouches, including a lady with flowers on her lap and a dog at her feet, possibly representing 'Spring', one of the 'Four Seasons', or 'Smell', one of the 'Five Senses', the others possibly representing the remaining 'Four Seasons'
14.2 x 10.2 in. (35.5 x 25.5 cm.)
Framed and glazed
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