Tallit bag, "sachara d'tzitzit". Morocco [Meknes], 1946.
Cut silver plaque, pierced and engraved (marked); velvet; cardboard.
Tallit bag for a Bar Mitzva boy, ornamented on all sides with silver plaques sawn in vegetal motifs, on blue velvet. On the front plaque - a dedication: "Yeshuah Asudry…1946 / Magen David".
Height: 18 cm, width: 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Breaks and some bends, wear.
Literature:
1. Jewish Life in Morocco, Aviva Müller-Lancet (editor). The Israel Museum, 1983 (2nd edition), p. 105.
2. Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, Vivian B. Mann (ed.), Merrell and The Jewish Museum, New York, 2000, pp.144-145