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Auction 24 · Lot 313

BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920

Estimate
$600–$800
Hammer price
$950

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

Description

Bench form lamp with ornamented base on four cup feet, bearing row of eight cylindrical candleholders; back wall bears embossed lions flanking synagogue Menorah topped by Hebrew inscription “These lights are holy”. Cuvilinear ornamentation at top; row of 8 pillars beneath lions. Servant light slides into channel at right. “Bezalel Jerusalem” at base of back wall. H: 240mm.
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