Lot 401
Small Hanukkah Lamp - Morocco
Hanukkah lamp. Morocco (probably, Sefrou), [19th century].
Cast brass, chiseled.
Small Hanukkah lamp. On top of the back plate are two birds and a decoration shaped as a fleur-de-lis (with a hole for suspension), above the Shamash. At the base of the back plate are eight arched gates. Four square oil containers, each one with two spouts for wicks.
Length: 17 cm. Width: 12.5 cm.
See: Lights in the Atlas Mountains, Hanukkah Menorahs from the collection of J. Shulman in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 56, item 38.
