Auction 64 · Lot 350
LARGE AMERICAN BRONZE PLAQUE.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
20th century
Description
Bronze circular plaque with Biblical verse: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations” (Isaiah 56:7). Featuring several low-relief ritual synagogue scenes including the blowing of the shofar, blessing the lulav, reading of the Torah, Priestly blessing; with central female allegorical figure holding a Torah scroll. Hebrew Decalogue at top and Hebrew “Shema Yisroel” adage at side. Diameter: 12.25 inches. With hanging element in rear.
summary
Provenance: The NYPL Hebrew bibliographer Prof. Joshua Bloch (1890-1957).
Another example is housed in Rodeph Shalom Temple, Philadelphia, and is marked with the artist’s signature, Rose Kohler, Cincinnati.