Important Judaica
Important Judaica
The Serque Collection
A PAIR OF NEAR EASTERN SILVER TORAH FINIALS, CIRCA 1900
Auction Closed
June 5, 04:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF NEAR EASTERN SILVER TORAH FINIALS, CIRCA 1900
of tear-drop shape, one side chased with a leafy scroll border, both sides mounted under glass with vellum panels painted with Hamsas, surrounded by flowers and the Tablets of the Law within Hebrew inscriptions, plain cylindrical staves
height 9 ⅛ in.
23 cm
Both finials, at head: “‘The Torah of the Lord is perfect, renewing life; the decrees of the Lord are enduring, making the simple wise; the precepts of the Lord are just, rejoicing the heart; the instruction of the Lord is lucid, making the eyes light up’ [Ps. 19:8-9]. Everyone, ascribe might to God and honor to the Torah. [Images of the Tablets of the Law.] ‘The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing’ [Ex. 32:16].”