Auction 17 · Lot 586
PAIR OF SILVER MEMORIAL LAMPS Sanesh, Yemen, 1913
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- $3,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Two identical objects, consisting of crowns with pendant chains, central band with pendant chains, and lower concave crown. Top crown has eight ribs, the whole ornamented with wire interlace, including ball finial; at top, ring for hanging. Central section and lower crown bear applique Hebrew inscription and similar wire ornamentation. No marks found. H: 660mm.
summary
Hebrw inscriptions - (same on each lamp, except for the name of the memorialized victim):
"An eternal light to memorialize the soul of the wretched and short-lived ... Elijah di Chaim Saltan / Issachar Snanag, may he rest in Eden...The work of the hands of the artist Elijah Snanag; this occurred on Yom Kippur, 5673."