Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
Hanukkah Lamp with Glass Windows – North Africa
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Hanukkah lamp with colorful glass windows. [Morocco or Tunisia], early-mid 20th century. Copper-sheet, bent, sawn and repouseé. Two arched windows are sawn in the backplate as well as a round window with a star. On the reverse of the backplate, colorful glass is attached to the windows (different kinds of glass), in the shades of blue, green and purple. Backplate is adorned with a copper stripe bent in a wavy manner. Side-panels are made of orange glass. Row of oil fonts (removable), pinched and bent in a wavy pattern. Height: 26 cm, width: 22 cm. Good condition. Damage to glass of left side-panel. Right side- panel – detached. For similar items see: “From the Secular to the Sacred, Everyday Objects in Jewish Ritual Use” (The Israel Museum, 1985), items 25-27, pp. 46-51.
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