Kestenbaum & Company
(SHEVITHI).

Auction 64 · Lot 243

(SHEVITHI).

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$2,750

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

Publication

c. 1800

Description

Traditional Shevithi, in papercut form pen-and-ink on vellum with pair of rampant lions flanking manuscript Tetragrammaton above the form of the seven-branched Menorah of the Temple, comprised by the text of Psalm 67, amidst elaborate, floriated scroll patterning.

summary

A charming size likely created for personal use in visual meditation of God’s Divine Name.
3.5 x 2.125 inches.
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