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Auction 13 · Lot 87
BRASS SHELL CASE VASE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, 1917; Master: Raphael Avraham Shalem.
- Estimate
- $800–$1,000
- Hammer price
- $800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Round cylinder, chased with organic interlace decoration and Hebrew and English inscriptions refering to the “Conquest of Jerusalem, 24th Kislev / 9th December 1917.” Engraved depiction of Jerusalem with landscape and architectural features, above English inscription. Hebrew monogram near bottom. Marked on base: “Polte, Magdeburg, 1915.” H: 195mm.
summary
This particular case is important for its historical specificity. The artist was a student in the Bezalel school in 1917. See also Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel of Schatz (1982) no. 933, pp. 80 - 81 for a very similar example.