Auction 51 Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects

Esther Scroll Scenes - Large Lithograph - Moshe Ben Yitzchak Mizrahi

Opening: $700
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Esther Scroll scenes, created by Moshe ben Yitzchak Mizrahi (Shah). Jerusalem, 1902.
Leaf in lithographic printing.
Five scenes from the Scroll of Esther are depicted with verses from the scroll: Ahasuerus and Esther, Mordechai and Haman, the ten sons of Haman and hanging of Haman, decorated with flowers, arches and structures. An inscription on the lower part of the leaf reads: "…I have written / me Moshe ben Yitzchak Mizrahi…".
Approx. 35.5X45 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks, open tears, professionally restored. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Literature: Omanut Ve-Umanut Be'Eretz Israel Ba-Mea Ha-Tesha Esreh [Arts and Crafts in Eretz Israel in the 19th century (Hebrew)], The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1979, p. 118-132, plate 103.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.
Single Leaves and Graphics
Single Leaves and Graphics