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Auction 51 · Lot 327

(Scroll of Esther)

Estimate
$3,000–$5,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

MEGILATH ESTHER.

Place

Scroll 19th-century; illumination, recent

Description

Hebrew Manuscript written in Aschkenazi square script on vellum. Between each column detailed multicolored floral borders executed in gouache and featuring multiple gilt-outlined birds
Worn in places with some soiling and tears to upper margins and along opening edge. 21 inches in height. Set on wooden roller
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