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LOT 5:
Decorated Esther Scroll – Tunisia, 1886
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Sold for: $1,100
Start price:
$
500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
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Decorated Esther Scroll – Tunisia, 1886
Esther scroll. [Tunisia], 1886.
Ink on parchment, in small format. Sephardic script. 18 lines per column. HaMelech scroll (most columns begin with the word "HaMelech"). All columns decorated with a frame. Decorations above some words. Margins of beginning parchment cut artistically, with a tying string. The scroll is rolled on a carved wooden handle.
Decorations at the beginning of the scroll, with ownership inscription dated 1886.
Height of parchment: 13 cm. Maximum height (including wooden handle): 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some worming.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
