Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah finials. Persia, [first decades of the 20th century].
Engraved silver; Persian coins.
Tall and narrow finials. Engraved on the top part and on the rollers are Stars of David containing the word "Zion" (Hebrew). The body of the pomegranate-shaped finials and the entire surface are covered with dense decorations showing vegetal motifs, with birds. A Hebrew dedication (added later, in Jerusalem) reads: "Dedicated to G-d for the synagogue of King David Jerusalem, for the health of Shmuel Katan ben David and his wife Esther bat Yedidiya and his entire family, 5713 [1953]". Chains ending in Persian coins serve as bells.
Height: 29.5 cm. Good overall condition. One finial is missing a chain and a coin, the other is missing a coin. Slight bends.
Engraved silver; Persian coins.
Tall and narrow finials. Engraved on the top part and on the rollers are Stars of David containing the word "Zion" (Hebrew). The body of the pomegranate-shaped finials and the entire surface are covered with dense decorations showing vegetal motifs, with birds. A Hebrew dedication (added later, in Jerusalem) reads: "Dedicated to G-d for the synagogue of King David Jerusalem, for the health of Shmuel Katan ben David and his wife Esther bat Yedidiya and his entire family, 5713 [1953]". Chains ending in Persian coins serve as bells.
Height: 29.5 cm. Good overall condition. One finial is missing a chain and a coin, the other is missing a coin. Slight bends.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art - Objects Used in Synagogue
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah finials. Austro-Hungarian Empire, [late 19th or early 20th century].
Engraved, embossed and sawn silver (marked).
Typical Austro-Hungarian design. Two rows of bells surrounding each pomegranate-shaped finial.
Height: 31 cm. Good condition. Bends to several places. Bell and suspension loop missing from one of the finials.
Engraved, embossed and sawn silver (marked).
Typical Austro-Hungarian design. Two rows of bells surrounding each pomegranate-shaped finial.
Height: 31 cm. Good condition. Bends to several places. Bell and suspension loop missing from one of the finials.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art - Objects Used in Synagogue
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Pair of Torah finials. [Eretz Israel, late 19th or early 20th century].
Engraved and carved olive wood; ink.
One finial is decorated with carved reliefs in the shape of Prophet Zechariah's Tomb and the Western Wall; the other shows a relief of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple (Dome of the Rock) with names of sites in black ink. The inscription "Yerushalem" (Hebrew) appears on the lower part of the handles. Two cypresses are carved between the reliefs.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Cracks. Repairs of wood. Glued fractures.
Literature: "50 Rimonim, a Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection", exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv University (The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998), item 28.
Engraved and carved olive wood; ink.
One finial is decorated with carved reliefs in the shape of Prophet Zechariah's Tomb and the Western Wall; the other shows a relief of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple (Dome of the Rock) with names of sites in black ink. The inscription "Yerushalem" (Hebrew) appears on the lower part of the handles. Two cypresses are carved between the reliefs.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Cracks. Repairs of wood. Glued fractures.
Literature: "50 Rimonim, a Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection", exhibition catalogue, Tel-Aviv University (The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998), item 28.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art - Objects Used in Synagogue
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $3,000
Unsold
Magnificent Torah mantle. [Germany or Czech Republic, late 17th century / early 18th century].
Silver and fabric thread embroidery on cardboard linings; velvet; fabric ribbons; sequins.
Exquisite mantle, adorned with rich embroidery of good quality on both sides.
Silver and colorful thread embroidery on dark red velvet and on heavy cardboard linings: a large embossed Torah crown on the top of the mantle, beneath it a silver thread embroidered inscription reading "Keter Torah". On the left and right are a pair of columns intertwined with grapevine branches with leaves and fruit. The columns are surmounted by two vases with rich vegetation. A "carpet" in the center of the mantle is adorned with dense and rich silver thread embroidery in vegetal and symmetric geometrical patterns; the flowers' leaves are adorned with blue velvet. On the lower part is an embroidered pattern of leaves and branches with pomegranates. The reverse of the mantle is also adorned with rich embroidery, in vegetal patterns with pomegranate-like fruit.
90X46 cm. Fair condition. Velvet is worn, torn and lacking in some places. Numerous spots of embroidery are unraveled. Tears to margins and to seams connecting the front and back sheets.
Silver and fabric thread embroidery on cardboard linings; velvet; fabric ribbons; sequins.
Exquisite mantle, adorned with rich embroidery of good quality on both sides.
Silver and colorful thread embroidery on dark red velvet and on heavy cardboard linings: a large embossed Torah crown on the top of the mantle, beneath it a silver thread embroidered inscription reading "Keter Torah". On the left and right are a pair of columns intertwined with grapevine branches with leaves and fruit. The columns are surmounted by two vases with rich vegetation. A "carpet" in the center of the mantle is adorned with dense and rich silver thread embroidery in vegetal and symmetric geometrical patterns; the flowers' leaves are adorned with blue velvet. On the lower part is an embroidered pattern of leaves and branches with pomegranates. The reverse of the mantle is also adorned with rich embroidery, in vegetal patterns with pomegranate-like fruit.
90X46 cm. Fair condition. Velvet is worn, torn and lacking in some places. Numerous spots of embroidery are unraveled. Tears to margins and to seams connecting the front and back sheets.
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art - Objects Used in Synagogue
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Unsold
Torah scroll ornament. [Kurdistan, late 19th or early 20th century].
Cut, soldered and engraved silver.
Ornament for hanging on Torah scroll case. Designed in the shape of the Tablets of the Law inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Above the tablets is a flower-shaped ornament with three leaves. The upper margins are cut in a wave pattern. Suspension loop (original).
8X12.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Gemstones missing (?).
Cut, soldered and engraved silver.
Ornament for hanging on Torah scroll case. Designed in the shape of the Tablets of the Law inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Above the tablets is a flower-shaped ornament with three leaves. The upper margins are cut in a wave pattern. Suspension loop (original).
8X12.5 cm. Good condition. Bends. Gemstones missing (?).
Category
Jewish Ceremonial Art - Objects Used in Synagogue
Catalogue