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Auction 35 · Lot 292

(SYNAGOGUE PLAQUE)

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Place

Radovitz (Rumania)

Publication

1901

Description

Vayehi bi-Neso’a ha-Aron…Berich Shemeh [verses and petitionary prayer recited upon opening the Ark]. Text within garlanded architectural columns. Up top, two lions flanking Tablets of the Law, which are crowned by a Star of David. Signed, “Shimon Deitch, prayer leader of the synagogue of Radovitz.” In bottom right hand corner year in form of chronogram, “Esther” [5661 / 1901]
Text in red and black inks. Graphics in watercolor. Framed. 23 x 30 inches
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