Green and brown glazed lamp; oil row with round candleholders forms front; back wall arched, with openwork lions couchant supporting central Menorah. Ninth candleholder at center of oil row. H: 120mm.
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 13
CERAMIC HANUKKAH LAMP.
Probably Palestine, early 20th century.
Green and brown glazed lamp; oil row with round candleholders forms front; back wall arched, with openwork lions couchant supporting central Menorah. Ninth candleholder at center of oil row. H: 120mm.
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $450
The earliest known Hanukkah lamps, of the Byzantine era, were also ceramic.