(MEGILATH ESTHER)

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 204

(MEGILATH ESTHER)

Complete Scroll Scroll of Esther accomplished in black ink on vellum. Written in 17 columns on 4 membranes;the first and last columns being panels for the blessing pre- and post-chanting of the Megillah. The text set within elaborately engraved historiated borders depicting the characters and events that populate the Esther story, medallion vignette portraits above. Stained, faded in places, few repairs on verso.

Dutch: 18th-century

Est: $12,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $14,000

Provenance: The Richard Levy Collection, Boca Raton, Florida. For a remarkably similar example see, Catalogue Raisonne de la Collection Juive de Musee de Cluny, no. 71.