Auction 51b
Part II - Ceremonial Art Manuscripts Graphics Objects
By Kedem
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Jul 12, 2016
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 536:
Silver Bracelets and a Golden Earring from the Residence of Abu Rubin - Residence of the Sassoon Family in Baghdad
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Silver Bracelets and a Golden Earring from the Residence of Abu Rubin - Residence of the Sassoon Family in Baghdad
Four silver bracelets and a golden earring, from the residence of Abu Rubin, residence of the ancestors of the Sassoon family in Baghdad. Baghdad, [17th century].
Paper labels titled by hand by the collector David Solomon Sassoon are attached to the bracelets and the earring. Written on the bracelets' label - "Bracelets for girls, three hundred years old, from the residence of Abu Rubin, residence of my ancestors in Baghdad. I brought them from there in 1911". On the label attached to the earring: "Old earring from the residence of Abu Rubin in Baghdad, 1911".
The residence of Abu Rubin in Baghdad was the residence of Sheikh Sassoon Saleh David Ya'akov - father of David Sassoon the first (grandfather of David Solomon Sassoon), which was named after his son, Reuven, who died in a plague in 1802.
Bracelets: approx. 5X5 cm, earring: approx. 1.5 cm. Good condition.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
