Fish-shaped, body worked to resemble scales, etc., Hebrew inscriptions. Hung from (later) chain. L: 50 mm.
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 80
NORTH-AFRICAN AMULET
Fish-shaped, body worked to resemble scales, etc., Hebrew inscriptions. Hung from (later) chain. L: 50 mm.
19th century
Est: $600 - $900
Fish-motifs were frequenly used as fertility symbols among the Jews of North Africa. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, The Sephardic Journey (1992) p. 308, nos. 454-5 (illustrated)