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Auction 2 · Lot 22
ITALIAN BRONZE CHANUKAH LAMP.
- Estimate
- $12,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- $10,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Early 18th century
Description
Arched gate-form backplate, with seven-branched candelabrum at center, two leafy trees flanking, suspened hand emerging from cloud pouring oil from jug. Fronted by row of eight oil-pans with protruding lips. Servant light affixed, shell and suspension ring finial. H: 215 mm.
summary
Classically composed in a particularly distinct Italian style.
See Israel Museum Catalogue, The Stieglitz Collection (1987), no. 132 illus. 1; and M. Narkiss, The Hanukkah Lamp (1939) no.136, for two allied - though not identical - examples of this rare lamp.