ILLUMINATED SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1927.
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 275
ILLUMINATED SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE
Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1927.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,500
Very similar encased scrolls were given as gifts to members of the Bezalel School in 1927. See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel (1983), no. 21, p. 266. For another example see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale II, 3rd June 1997, Lot 14
Bezalel: See also Lots 24, 31, 64, 65