Wall hanging. Mapath Eretz HaKedosha -Tavnith Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh. Hebrew and Cyrillic. Lithograph on cloth. 20 x 20 inches. Corners with holes.
AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 359
(TEXTILE).
Wall hanging. Mapath Eretz HaKedosha -Tavnith Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh. Hebrew and Cyrillic. Lithograph on cloth. 20 x 20 inches. Corners with holes.
Warsaw, L. Krakowski, 1882
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $950
Clearly utilized as a wall-decoaration, although it has been suggested it was intended as a challah-cover. See Wajntraub, Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land, p. 185.