Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

Hanukkah Lamp – Morocco – Birds

Opening: $350
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp. Morocco (most probably, Sefrou), [19th century]. Cast brass, chiseled. Openings in vegetal patters decorate the backplate. In the center – arched windows and on top – a window shaped as a horseshoe-arch. Four birds stand on right and left. A ring for hanging attached to top, with a vegetal decoration and an additional pair of birds. Height: 33 cm, width: 18.5 cm. Good condition. Attachment of oil fonts is not original. For similar lamps see: “Orot BeHarey HaAtlas... ” [Hebrew: North African Lights - Hanukkah Lamps from the Zeide Shulman Collection in the Israel Museum] , the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 57, item 38.
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