Lot 158
Box set with Carved Bone Plaque – Product of Bezalel, Jerusalem – Lighting the Sabbath Candles
Box with a geometric pattern consisting of head-to-head menorahs and with a carved bone plaque with relief after Boris Schatz ("Kabbalat Shabbat"), marked "Bezalel Jerusalem." Jerusalem, [1906-29]. Brass, repoussé; carved bone; wood. Box with design consisting of menorahs oriented one opposite the other, head-to-head, to create a symmetrical geometric pattern of circles and lines. At center, small carved bone plaque with relief depicting a woman lighting the Sabbath candles, after a relief entitled "Kabbalat Shabbat" ("Welcoming the Sabbath") by Boris Schatz. Marked on bottom (Hebrew) "Bezalel Jerusalem."
18.5X12.5X4 cm. Good condition. Minor damage.
