Hand painted with miniature portrait of Rabbi Moshe Sopher (“The Chassam Sofer”), titled in Hebrew below. With hinged, pierced silver lid at top. Length: 5 inches.
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 58
GERMAN CERAMIC PIPE.
Hand painted with miniature portrait of Rabbi Moshe Sopher (“The Chassam Sofer”), titled in Hebrew below. With hinged, pierced silver lid at top. Length: 5 inches.
c. 1900
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $800
For a similar example, see I. Shachar, Jewish Tradition in Art: The Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica (1971) nos. 129-31.