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Auction 7 · Lot 94
SILVER ETERNAL LIGHT (Ner Tamid) Cairo, 1917.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Round two-tiered form, with descending narrower fluted bowl base. Engraved foliate bands above and below central section, which is embossed with Hebrew inscriptions naming the person memorialized, ” Mme. Clara Vidal Majar, may she rest in peace,” the date (6 Tevet, 1917) and the Congregation, Vitali Majar, in Heliopolis (now known as Cairo) where this lamp originated. Hanging chain attached to three cast openwork elements. H: 200mm. Worn.
summary
The Jewish community of Cairo was cosmopolitan, and ceremonial objecs of both Sephardi and Ashkenazi design, such as this Eternal Light (which resembles Eastern European examples,) were displayed in their synagogues.