PAIR OF GILT WOODEN SYNAGOGUE LIONS. American, ca. 1930.
AUCTION 11 |
Tuesday, November 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din
Lot 304
PAIR OF GILT WOODEN SYNAGOGUE LIONS.
American, ca. 1930.
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,300
These lions would have been placed atop the Torah Ark. A similar carved synagogue ornament, with even more ferocious lions, can be seen in Ungerleider, p. 220.