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(MIZRACH).

Auction 62 · Lot 281

(MIZRACH).

Estimate
$4,000–$6,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

Jerusalem, 1947

Description

Composed by Haim ibn Shalom Mahbob on vellum . Four-letter Divine Name (or Tetragrammaton) in bold surmounted by the Hebrew admonition “Know Before Whom You Stand” and relevant Biblical passages pertaining to Jerusalem. With three Menorahs in the form of verses from Psalms and the prayer Ana Beko’ach. Two roundel depictions of the Kotel and Kever Rachel, utensils of the Beth Hamikdash; the whole multi-colored and decorated with flowers and leafy branches.

summary

Inscribed below: “Dedicated to the Synagogue of the Emigrants from Meshad, Iran located in Bnei Braq.”
21 x 30 inches.
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