Lot 539
Soapstone Hanukkah Lamp – Bukhara
Large Hanukkah lamp. [Probably Bukhara, early 20th century]. Soapstone, chiseled. A large and massive Hanukkah lamp, consists of three rows: in the first row – a single depression with space for a wick; four depression in the second; in the third row are eight depressions with spaces for wicks. Stone lamps were common in Jewish congregations in various countries (Yemen, Morocco and even in Jerusalem), but they were usually small and consisted of two rows of oil wells. In the collections of the London Jewish Museum appears a Hanukkah Lamp similar to the one offered here, with three rows of oil wells, from Bukhara. See: Catalogue of the Permanent and Loan Collections of the Jewish Museum, London, edited by R. D. Barnett, London, 1974, item 217, plate LXXIX (photographed). Length: 24 cm, width: 29 cm, height: 8.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Break at lower left corner. Breaks (glued) to right panel.
