Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Copper-Box – Bezalel

Opening: $5,000
Unsold
Copper box with hammered and etched decorations, Bezalel.
A hammered decoration in the shape of a lion and an etched geometrical design appear on the lid. Blurred signature: "Bezalel workshops, Yerushalem". Front and backside of the box are decorated with two lions, in their center the tablets of the law; on the side panels are geometrical decorations. The inside of the box is coated with felt.
Height: 7 cm, width 21.5 cm, depth: 14.6 cm. Good condition. Stains and a few corrosion marks. Felt partly detached.
Bezalel
Bezalel