Hagadah shel Pesach - The Institution of Passover
AUCTION 36 |
Thursday, March 22nd,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts
Lot 95
(HAGADAH).
Hagadah shel Pesach - The Institution of Passover
Poona: Vital Sakharam Agnihotry 1874
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,900
Unlike the earlier Bombay Hagadah (1846) whose “illustrations were still closely linked to their Amsterdam prototypes, those in the Poona Hagadah have managed to drift into a sphere of their own. Even as they retain the basic pattern, they are now palpably Indian in tone and detail.” (Yerushalmi 107-10). Particularly distinct is the illustration depicting the preparation and baking of the Matzoth for Passover. The upper panel shows the men of the Bene-Israel community, the lower panel their female counterparts. Both are in distinctive native dress and sitting in the classic Indian squatting, or Lotus position. See Israel Museum Catalogue, The Jews of India (1995), p. 25