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Auction 8 · Lot 33
PAIR OF WOOD AND METAL TORAH FINIALS Libya, 20th century.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $750
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Wooden finials with metal trim; tapered staves covered in metal; waisted fruit-form upper section has metal bands at base, waist and upper edge; finial has metal upper section which supports Star of David on rod with pendant bells. Pendant bells on chains from upper and lower metal bands. The Hebrew inscriptions on the metal sections give the names of the donors; one stave was donated in honor (or memory) of Hannah, the wife of Menahem Josephi; the other cites Esther, the daughter of Menachem Josephi. H: 275mm. Lacking bells.
summary
A pair of Rimonim of similar form, although of silver, appears in Fifty Rimonim, No. 25, p. 59.