Lot 105
  • 105

A BEZALEL SILVER AND FILIGREE AND STONE MOUNTED ETROG CONTAINER, JERUSALEM, 1920's

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height: 9 1/4in. (23.5cm.)
the double form cup etched with cornucopiae, grapevines, pomegranates, and relevant Hebrew inscription, mounted with four stones and applied with three roundels depicting David's Tower, the Wailing Wall, and Rachel's Tomb, set on tapering stem and circular base, marked in Hebrew 'Bezalel Jerusalem'

Provenance

Important Judaica, Tel Aviv, October 25, 2000, lot 166

Condition

dent at top, abrasion above etched grapevine, ? removed inscriptions? collets for 2 stones rough, 2 stones (striated agate), probably replaced
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