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Auction 11 · Lot 275
ILLUMINATED SCROLL OF ESTHER IN SILVER CASE Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1927.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $5,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Scroll: Parchment, lithographed with text of Book of Esther in Hebrew, with five hand-colored illustrations by Ze’ev Raban. H: 40mm. Worn.
Case: Silver with applique filigree trim on upper and lower sections, and bands at center; applique cast oval medallion depicting Esther touching the sceptre of Ahasuerus, with appropriate Hebrew inscription, flanked by “Scroll of Esther’ in Hebrew. Silver pull, marked”Bezalel Jerusalem.” H: 140mm. Loss at top
summary
Very similar encased scrolls were given as gifts to members of the Bezalel School in 1927. See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel (1983), no. 21, p. 266. For another example see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale II, 3rd June 1997, Lot 14
Bezalel: See also Lots 24, 31, 64, 65