Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
Silver Dedicatory Plaque – Iraq, 1917
Opening: $200
Unsold
Heart-shaped dedicatory plaque ("tass"), for Torah ark curtain. Iraq, 5677 [1917].
Sheet silver, cut, repoussé, and stamped; gilt.
Hebrew dedicatory inscription: "This is the Torah ark curtain [dedicated to] the soul of / the... elderly woman / Habiba daughter of Rahel wife of... / Aharon Ya'akov Karmosh may he rest in Eden / may her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life, passed away Tuesday / eighth of the month of Tevet / Year 5677 [1917]."
Another dedicatory plaque – virtually identical in design and commemorating the same woman – can be found in the collection of the Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem; see: Jewish Life in Art and Tradition, p. 176. See also item nos. 188, 192 in this catalog.
Length: 30 cm. Width: 28 cm. Good condition. Minor warping and fractures to edges.
Sheet silver, cut, repoussé, and stamped; gilt.
Hebrew dedicatory inscription: "This is the Torah ark curtain [dedicated to] the soul of / the... elderly woman / Habiba daughter of Rahel wife of... / Aharon Ya'akov Karmosh may he rest in Eden / may her soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life, passed away Tuesday / eighth of the month of Tevet / Year 5677 [1917]."
Another dedicatory plaque – virtually identical in design and commemorating the same woman – can be found in the collection of the Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem; see: Jewish Life in Art and Tradition, p. 176. See also item nos. 188, 192 in this catalog.
Length: 30 cm. Width: 28 cm. Good condition. Minor warping and fractures to edges.
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Kurdistan / Mountain Jews and the Caucasus
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Kurdistan / Mountain Jews and the Caucasus