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Architectural Ten Commandments dramatically flanked by rampant lions.

Auction 96 · Lot 385

Architectural Ten Commandments dramatically flanked by rampant lions.

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

WOODEN AMERICAN SYNAGOGUE DECALOGUE.

Publication

Early 20th-century

Description

Hand-carved wood painted gold in Hebrew. Remnants of gold paint on the Hebrew lettering and red paint on the tongues of the lions.

summary

Provenance: Abandoned synagogue (1970’s), Lower East Side of New York.
48 x 17 inches.
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