Auction 65 · Lot 222
GERMAN PASSOVER TEXTILE.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
19th-century
Description
Colored wall hanging. Hebrew text of Passover Kiddush in pen-and-ink, flanked by border of winged griffins and other neo-classical motifs, additional Passover liturgical text appears in open-scroll forms. At base, images of Moses, Aaron and a large rose; above, the Hebrew Decalogue with two lions rampant. At top, female profile-portrait within elaborate cartouche. Marked: …M Lippmann. Stained throughout. 38.75 x 15.5. Housed in high-quality display case.
summary
For a similar example of a linen textile bearing the text of the festival Kiddush blessing, see Magnes Collection, accession no. 75.183.137, Southern Germany, 1745.