Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
July 19, 2022
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Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $200
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Mishloach Manot plate made by the Sharar art workshop, Bezalel. Jerusalem, [1914-1929].
Brass, repoussé; etched.
A circular repoussé plaque depicting two figures giving Mishloach Manot occupies the center of the plate; with the inscription "Sending portions to one another [Esther 9:19], Bezalel Jerusalem". The lip of the plate is decorated with etched vine leaves and clusters of grapes, and inscribed "The Jews had light and joy, and gladness and honor" (Esther 8:16). Soldered onto the base of the plate is a plaque with the Sharar workshop logo and the English inscription: "Made in Palestine at the art workshop Sharar Bezalel Jerusalem".
Diameter: approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Minor bends and blemishes.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz's Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalogue List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 595, p. 51.
Brass, repoussé; etched.
A circular repoussé plaque depicting two figures giving Mishloach Manot occupies the center of the plate; with the inscription "Sending portions to one another [Esther 9:19], Bezalel Jerusalem". The lip of the plate is decorated with etched vine leaves and clusters of grapes, and inscribed "The Jews had light and joy, and gladness and honor" (Esther 8:16). Soldered onto the base of the plate is a plaque with the Sharar workshop logo and the English inscription: "Made in Palestine at the art workshop Sharar Bezalel Jerusalem".
Diameter: approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Minor bends and blemishes.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz's Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalogue List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 595, p. 51.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,063
Including buyer's premium
Pair of hexagonal vases produced by Bezalel. Jerusalem, 5673 (1912/1913).
Brass, etched.
Two identical hexagonal tapering vases. An empty rectangle is etched on each of the six faces, with a medallion below it. Three of the medallions contain the inscriptions: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me, and if not now, when"; "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you". The other three medallions depict a farmer plowing with an ox, a camel rider and a horse rider. A series of cartouches on the faces of the vases read: "Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem 5673" (Hebrew).
Height: 16.5 cm. Diameter: 6.5 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Minor blemishes. Base of one vase partially detached.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz’s Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalog List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 648, p. 55.
Brass, etched.
Two identical hexagonal tapering vases. An empty rectangle is etched on each of the six faces, with a medallion below it. Three of the medallions contain the inscriptions: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me, and if not now, when"; "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning"; "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you". The other three medallions depict a farmer plowing with an ox, a camel rider and a horse rider. A series of cartouches on the faces of the vases read: "Bezalel Arts and Crafts School, Jerusalem 5673" (Hebrew).
Height: 16.5 cm. Diameter: 6.5 cm. Good condition. Minor bends. Minor blemishes. Base of one vase partially detached.
Literature: Nurit Shilo-Cohen, Schatz’s Bezalel 1906-1929, Catalog List Volume. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1983. Item 648, p. 55.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Small silver filigree Esther Scroll case. [Presumably produced at Bezalel, Palestine, early 20th century].
Silver, filigree; granulation.
Case with fine filigree designs; topped by a dome, surrounded by an open crown. On top of the dome, a spherical knob flanked by petals. Roller engraved with an elegant monogram, reading "MB".
Length: 14 cm. Good condition. Dents. Silver pull piece missing.
Enclosed: Miniature Esther scroll (4 cm) on paper-thin parchment. Text faded.
Silver, filigree; granulation.
Case with fine filigree designs; topped by a dome, surrounded by an open crown. On top of the dome, a spherical knob flanked by petals. Roller engraved with an elegant monogram, reading "MB".
Length: 14 cm. Good condition. Dents. Silver pull piece missing.
Enclosed: Miniature Esther scroll (4 cm) on paper-thin parchment. Text faded.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue
Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
July 19, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Unsold
"Yemenite scribe", large relief designed by Boris Schatz.
Bronze, cast. Numbered 5/8.
Enclosed certificate attests that this relief is "one of a series of 8 copies cast after the original, which was made by Prof. Schatz, founder of Bezalel. With the permission and under the supervision of the Boris Schatz Estate" (Hebrew; signed by the manager of the estate).
53X50 cm.
Bronze, cast. Numbered 5/8.
Enclosed certificate attests that this relief is "one of a series of 8 copies cast after the original, which was made by Prof. Schatz, founder of Bezalel. With the permission and under the supervision of the Boris Schatz Estate" (Hebrew; signed by the manager of the estate).
53X50 cm.
Category
Bezalel Artists – Books, Judaica and Original Art – Including Sketches by Ze'ev Raban and other Items from the Estate of Shlomo Kedmi
Catalogue