Auction 32 · Lot 368
BRASS PICTURE FRAME Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
An engraved scene designed by Ze’ev Raban of the Queen of Sheba gazing over Jerusalem, from which rise palm trees and peacock feathers which form the borders. Embossed in Hebrew “Queen of Sheba and the Hoopoe,” flanked by “Bezalel Jerusalem” H: 9 1/4” x W 6 1/4”
See Israel Museum Catalogue, "Bezalel of Shatz" (1983) no. 911, p. 78
summary
The Aggadic Targum Sheini to Esther presents an elaborate account of the relationship between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon - all instigated by the hoopoe bird