Auction 73 · Lot 322
(ALGERIA)
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
20th-century
Description
Portrait of Rabbi Ephraim (ben Israel) Elnkaoua (Alnaqua) of Tlemcen (1359-1442). Featuring vignettes of: The rabbi’s arrival on lion-back with rein of snake; the Synagogue; the “source,” or ritual bath of the rabbi; the entrance to the cemetery; the tomb of the rabbi. All adorned with cornucopia of motifs, Stars-of-David, a crown of Torah and an open Hebrew book flanked by rampant lions.
Unexamined out of frame. 11 x 15 inches to frame.
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