Auction 64 · Lot 228
MEGILATH ESTHER.
- Estimate
- $15,000–$18,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Amsterdam
Publication
c. 1720
Description
Complete Scroll of Esther accomplished in Aschkenazic script black ink on vellum. Composed on four membranes set in 17 columns, the first and last of which being panels for the blessing pre- and post-chanting of the Megilah. The text set within elaborately engraved historiated borders depict the characters and events that populate the Esther story, medallion vignette portraits above. The whole, hand-colored. Mounted on wooden roller; lower portion lacking.
summary
Skillfully engraved, finely detailed and hand-colored Esther scroll, produced in Amsterdam in the first decades of the eighteenth century. Beautifully presented blessing panels.
Exhibited: New York, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, The Collector’s Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection (1993) no. 64, p. 25.
Occasional light wear. Height: 8 inches.
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