Round cylinder, inlaid with silver, engraved, with organic interlace decoration and Hebrew inscription refering to the Jews returning to the Land of Zion. Marked on base: “Polte, Magdeburg, Sept. 1917.” H: 280mm.
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 79
FINELY DECORATED BRASS SHELL CASE VASE.
Jerusalem, after 1917.
Round cylinder, inlaid with silver, engraved, with organic interlace decoration and Hebrew inscription refering to the Jews returning to the Land of Zion. Marked on base: “Polte, Magdeburg, Sept. 1917.” H: 280mm.
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
For another example, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel (1983), no. 630, p. 54
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