Pipe bearing colored portrait of Rabbi Eybescheutz, with Hebrew description. H: 100mm.
AUCTION 17 |
Tuesday, November 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners
Lot 611
PORCELAIN PIPE HONORING RABBI JONATHAN EYBESCHEUTZ
Southern Germany, mid-19th c.
Pipe bearing colored portrait of Rabbi Eybescheutz, with Hebrew description. H: 100mm.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
The Hebrew inscription reads: "Portrait of the esteemed Rabbi Jonathan, may he rest in peace, Rabbi of the Holy Congregation of Altona-Hamburg."
Very few of these Jewish-themed pipes are extant, though see I. Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica (1971) nos.129-31.
A child prodigy, R. Jonathan Eybescheutz, while still a young man acquired renown for his remarkably keen mind and enormous scholarship in the Talmud and Kabbalah. In addition, he was a splendid orator. None of his works were published in his lifetime, his influence amoung his contemporaries thus stemming from his oratory skills and personality.