Auction 42 · Lot 349
BEZALEL HANGING BRASS CHANUKAH LAMP.
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,500
- Hammer price
- $6,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Bezalel School, Palestine, ca. 1920
Description
In form of Roman lamp; round, convex lamp with proscenium extention bearing eight wick tubes, with central candleholder for servant light; the whole suspended from three beaded chains. Overall embossing and engraving with foliage and appropriate Hebrew inscriptions; three cabochon beads ornament surface. Diam: 5 1/4 inches. Some wear.
summary
See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel by Schatz (1982) p. 83 no. 971.
For another example of this lamp, see Sotheby's, Tel Aviv, April 18th, 1990, Lot 276