Hexagonal, truncated, conical-form; pierced Star-of-David openwork with bells suspended. Set on tubular staves. Height: 13.5 inches.
AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 120
PAIR OF MOROCCAN SILVER-GILT TORAH FINIALS.
Hexagonal, truncated, conical-form; pierced Star-of-David openwork with bells suspended. Set on tubular staves. Height: 13.5 inches.
Early 20th-century
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
For similar examples see Eretz Israel Museum, From the Remotest West: Ritual Articles from Synagogues in Spanish Morocco (1989) pp. 22-3 and Tel Aviv University Catalogue, Fifty Rimonim (1999) no. 22.