Of sofa form, set on four feet. Painted in multiple colors and glazed (with some color loss.) Row of eight candleholders and featuring miniature goblet and dish set against backplate; flanked by animal (lions?) at top. 5.5 x 8 inches.
AUCTION 55 |
Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 382
UKRANIAN PAINTED PORCELAIN CHANUKAH LAMP.
Of sofa form, set on four feet. Painted in multiple colors and glazed (with some color loss.) Row of eight candleholders and featuring miniature goblet and dish set against backplate; flanked by animal (lions?) at top. 5.5 x 8 inches.
19th-century
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,500
For another example of this rare Chanukah-Lamp of a most uncommon folk origin, see I. Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica (1971) no. 371, p. 142.