'The idolatry of Solomon', An ivory fan, French, circa 1690

the paper leaf painted with Solomon following many of his wives who kneel in front of a silvered statue of a recumbent goddess and a golden god, the reverse painted with a profusion of polychrome sprays of flowers on a brown ground, the ivory sticks pierced and gilded, mother of pearl pivot, the guards similarly decorated on a pink foiled ground, in later paper case

fine painting with vivid colours despite normal wear and tears along folds and edges commensurate with age. one patch of restoration along fold where one ivory stick has been replaced, some wear to gilding of sticks overall.
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King Solomon had more than a thousand wives from other tribes who led him to worship their alien gods. He built temples in Jerusalem and thus ignited God's anger. His punishment was to see his kingdom torn by conflict.