Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Large Esther Scroll on Gevil – Ivory Handle
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll with ivory handle. [Holland?], [19th century].
Gevil; ivory; fabric.
Fine Oriental scribal script, with serifs. 21 lines per column. Written on Gevil and rolled on an impressive ivory handle, carved with geometric patterns and slots; lower part in a conic shape widening upwards towards a disc separating it from the scroll; upper part with a smaller disc, slotted and adorned with button-like decorations.
Height of vellum: 28.5 cm, handle: 53 cm (upper decoration is missing). Minor damages, tears, stains and creases. Part of the first sheet is covered with blue fabric.
Gevil; ivory; fabric.
Fine Oriental scribal script, with serifs. 21 lines per column. Written on Gevil and rolled on an impressive ivory handle, carved with geometric patterns and slots; lower part in a conic shape widening upwards towards a disc separating it from the scroll; upper part with a smaller disc, slotted and adorned with button-like decorations.
Height of vellum: 28.5 cm, handle: 53 cm (upper decoration is missing). Minor damages, tears, stains and creases. Part of the first sheet is covered with blue fabric.
Esther Scrolls, Parchment Items and Amulets, Illustrated Leaves and Single Leaves
Esther Scrolls, Parchment Items and Amulets, Illustrated Leaves and Single Leaves