Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah Lamp. North Africa, [turn of the 20th cent.]. Cast and engraved brass. Side-plate designed in the shape of a building with arched windows and a dome adorned with floral decorations. Birds appear on the upper part of the side-plate. Row of oil-fonts. The oil font in the center which originally served the Shamash is broken and missing. Ring for hanging. Height 23 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp. North Africa, [turn of 20th cent.]. Cast brass. Back-plate and side-plates with geometric designs. A "Hamsa" on top of each side. Width: 20 cm. One side-plate is bent, small break to back plate.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp which can be used also as a wall-lamp. Iraq, [turn of the 20th cent.]. Silver (unmarked). Upright Hanukkah lamp with eight hooked arms arranged in a circle with oil fonts positioned in small bowls. The Shamash is positioned on top of the central arm. A screw in the upper part of the central arm permits turning the lamp's arms by 90 degrees so as to permit hanging the lamp on the wall (two small holes in the base allow affixing the lamp to the wall). Height: 30 cm, maximum width: 29.5 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $5,500
Unsold
Upright Hanukkah Lamp. Eretz Israel, [20th century]. Silver, filigree, turquoise gemstones. Central post with inscription "Hanerot Halalu Kodesh Hem" in silver thread. On the base: "Bezalel Yerushalem". A small oil jug is hanging on the central pole. The Shamash stands out of the oil jug. Eight turquoise gemstones are set in the base. Height: 40.5 cm, width: 39.5 cm, base diameter: 13.5 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert. Israel, 1970s. Sawn, impressed and engraved brass. Signed: "Wolpert" (on the reverse). The lamp is mounted on a wooden board, for hanging on a wall. The oil fonts are placed in the palms of eight protruding lions. Six tall rods adorned with the inscription "Lecha Na'eh LeShabe'ach" (of the liturgical poem "Ma'oz Tzur Yehu'ati"); the Shamash is placed in the center. A small plaque with a dedication is attached to the wooden board indicating that the Hanukkah lamp was presented as a gift by the United Jewish Appeal in New -York in December 1978. Height: 33.5 cm, width: 29 cm, depth: 14.5 cm. Wooden board, length: 46 cm, width: 35.5 cm. See: Wolpert and Gumbel, Israeli Silversmiths for the Modern Age,[curator] – Sharon Weiser-Ferguson;(The Israel Museum, 2012), p. 87 (silver Hanukkah lamp).
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Laver for ritual hand-washing. [Eretz Israel?]. Cast and engraved bronze. Laver with two handles. Inscriptions engraved in Hebrew on the sides of the vessel: “First water option, Last water duty”, and “Rachel mourns her sons”. Apparently the laver was used at the beginning of the 20th century at Rachel’s Tomb, in Bethlehem. Height: 16cm., diameter: 13 cm. Provenance: purchased from an Arab dealer in Bethlehem immediately after the Six Day War in 1967. From the inscription “Rachel mourns her sons” it seems that the laver came from Rachel’s Tomb.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $600
Unsold
Three lavers for ritual hand-washing. East Europe, 19th or early 20th century. Cast copper. Each laver has two handles which are nailed to the cup. Average size: 16 cm. Diameter: 10-12 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Board for weekly Torah portions, for hanging in a Synagogue. [Early 20th century]. Carved wood. Designed as a shield, enclosed in a square frame. Inscription in golden ink: "Shabbat Kodesh Parshat”, with a special place for placing little inserts / notes displaying the name of the weekly portion. * Attached is wooden box with notes on which are handwritten the names of the weekly Torah portions (used with the board). Frame: 20X21 cm. Break in the upper part. Box – height: 5 cm. Width and length 7X5.5 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Etrog Box. Jerusalem, beginning of 20th century. Carved and inlaid olive wood; printing. Octagonal box. Colorfor inlay at corners. On the front model of Western Wall, with writing: "Jerusalem" and “Western Wall”. On other sides are illustrations of holy places: “Temple site”, “Yad Absalom”, “Prophet Zechariah” and “Our Mother Rachel”. Relief ornament on lid: an open book decorated with branches, on it is printed the blessing “On taking the Lulav”, and “Sheheyanu blessing”. Writing in a frame on the lid: And you shall take on the first day fruit of a fine tree ..and you shall rejoice seven days”. Height: 9 cm. Width: 16 cm. Damage to the colorful inlay and to wood, lid partly detached.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
Decorative plate. [Syria, end of 19th century or beginning of 20th century]. Damascus work (silver inlaid into brass; stamped with Arabic letters). Large plate. Border decorated with floral decorations and pointed turrets. Detailed drawing of the binding of Isaac, beginning with Abraham leaving home with Isaac, the mule and the lads; the lads waiting far off; the scene with the angel; Hebrew inscription on the base of the plate: “The Binding of Isaac". Diameter 47 cm.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $2,500
Unsold
Frame for Ketubah (Marriage Contract). [Syria or Eretz Israel, beginning of 20th century]. Damascus Work (copper and silver inlaid into brass). Fine frame, apparently used as a frame for a Ketubah. The internal part of the frame is designed as a Star of David, The surface is entirely decorated with flowers and leaves. At the top of the frame a Torah crown and at its sides emblems of Hamsa in which there is a symbol of the eye and the words: “Voice of rejoicing, voice of happiness voice of groom and voice of bride”. At the bottom is a pair of doves (symbol of love) and fish (symbol of fertility). Inscriptions: “Hai”, “Hai” and Star of David. Height: 50 cm., width: 42 cm. Tracks for placing the ketubah at the back of the frame (missing, except for one). Pegs.
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Judaica
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Auction 32 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Archeology and Medals
July 2, 2013
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Tray with illustration of the spies. [Persia, early 20th cent.]. Cast and engraved copper. A rectangular tray, with an illustration of the spies returning from spying out the Land of Israel. Three figures with a cluster of grapes are seen in the center. In front of them is a figure with a stick and behind them a figure with a basket on the head and a fruit in the hand. In the background are trees and structures in a Persian architectural style. Inscription above and under the illustration: "and they told him: we saw the country and this is its fruit". Floral borders. 27X37.5 cm. Somewhat bent borders.
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Judaica
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