Auction 17 · Lot 547
MINIATURE BRASS HANUKKAH LAMP Bezalel School, Jerusalem, ca. 1920
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Oil row with two back feet consists of rectangular troughs with pointed ends pierced for wicks; back wall bears cast depiction of lions couchant flanking Menorah, with Hebrew word "Hanukkah" above and appropriate liturgical citation below. W: 135mm. Previous repairs
summary
For a similar lamp, albeit with the lions facing into the center, see Israel Museum Catalogue, "Bezalel of Shatz" (1983) no. 665, p. 57.