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Auction 24 · Lot 322
SILVERED BRASS SEDER PLATE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Round plate with five labelled oval depressions for ritual foods ringing central rondel, raised embossed rim, reinforced edge. Central rondel contains embossed text of “Mah Nishtanah” (Four Questions recited during Passover Seder ritual); rim bears scenes relating to Exodus, alternating with small rondels depicting wine cups, Temple Menorah, Temple, and “Exodus from Egypt.” “Bezalel Jerusalem” embossed at top. Hook for hanging at rear. Diam: 345mm.
summary
A very similar brass plate, “with vignettes designed by Ze’ev Raban” sold at Sothebys Tel Aviv, May 1998, Lot 36.