Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
Yemenite Dagger – Filigree Silver
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Dagger. Yemen, [end of 19th of beginning of 20th century].
Silver sheath and hilt, filigree; metal blade.
Sheath and hilt (handle) decorated with high-quality silver adornments, made by a Jewish silversmith.
Length of dagger: 32.5 cm. Overall size of sheath and hilt: 20X35 cm.
See: The artcraft of the Yemenite Jews, by M. Narkiss (published by the Association of the Friends of the "Bezalel" National Academy of Art, Jerusalem 1941), p. 23; Plate 1, Photograph 2.
Silver sheath and hilt, filigree; metal blade.
Sheath and hilt (handle) decorated with high-quality silver adornments, made by a Jewish silversmith.
Length of dagger: 32.5 cm. Overall size of sheath and hilt: 20X35 cm.
See: The artcraft of the Yemenite Jews, by M. Narkiss (published by the Association of the Friends of the "Bezalel" National Academy of Art, Jerusalem 1941), p. 23; Plate 1, Photograph 2.
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