Auction 77
Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
By Kedem
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Mar 15, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 411:
Pair of Torah Finials – Olive Wood – Holy Sites – Eretz Israel, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
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Sold for: $550
Start price:
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500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
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Pair of Torah Finials – Olive Wood – Holy Sites – Eretz Israel, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
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.
