Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Pair of Torah Finials – Olive Wood – Holy Sites – Eretz Israel, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Torah finials with depictions of the Holy Sites. [Eretz Israel, late 19th or early 20th century].
Olive wood; turned, carved and printed.
One finial is carved with images of the Western Wall and the Tomb of Zechariah, and the other with images of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple Site (Dome of the Rock). The inscription "Jerusalem" is printed at the base of each finial.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Two long cracks to one finial, restored.
Reference: 50 Rimonim: A Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection. Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv University, The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998. pp. 64-65.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Olive wood; turned, carved and printed.
One finial is carved with images of the Western Wall and the Tomb of Zechariah, and the other with images of Rachel's Tomb and the Temple Site (Dome of the Rock). The inscription "Jerusalem" is printed at the base of each finial.
Height: 17 cm. Good condition. Two long cracks to one finial, restored.
Reference: 50 Rimonim: A Selection of Torah Finials from a European Family Collection. Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv University, The Judaica Museum, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, 1998. pp. 64-65.
Provenance: The Willy Lindwer Collection.
Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jewish Ceremonial Art