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Auction 32 · Lot 365
BRASS PLATE DEPICTING JONAH. Jerusalem, early 20th century.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
At center, engraved depiction of Jonah sitting under the Kikayon tree surrounded by appropriate quotation from the Book of Jonah Chap. IV:6 and “Jerusalem, the Holy City, may she be Speedily Rebuilt.” The raised rim bears depictions of ten animals, each in rondel, with interspersed papyrus flowers
summary
The animals depicted here each deliver praises to God in Perek Shira, an aonymous poetic work first mentioned in the 10th century