Auction 49b
Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Jan 20, 2016
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 581:
Modern Torah Finials – “New Bezalel”
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Sold for: $4,200
Start price:
$
800
Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
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Modern Torah Finials – “New Bezalel”
Pair of Torah finials. Created by a student in the “New Bezalel”, Jerusalem, ca. 1951. Cut and bent brass. Marked: “Bezalel HaChadash” [New Bezalel]. A rare and unique sample of works created by students in the metal department of New Bezalel directed by Ludwig Yehudah Wolpert and David Heinz Gumbel, pioneers silversmiths of modern Jewish Art in Eretz Israel. See identical Torah finials, made of silver, in the catalogue “Forging Ahead: Wolpert and Gumbel, Israeli Silversmiths for the Modern Age” (curator: Sharon Weiser-Ferguson), The Israel Museum, 2012, p. 149, p. 155. Height: 29 cm, max. width: 10 cm. Good condition. Bends at base and top of one finial. Some corrosion.
