Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
AN ITALIAN BRONZE TANKARD-FORM CHARITY CONTAINER, MID 18TH CENTURY
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November 20, 08:47 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
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AN ITALIAN BRONZE TANKARD-FORM CHARITY CONTAINER, MID 18TH CENTURY
of baluster form, partly vertically lobed and fluted, engraved with Hebrew inscription in a small cartouche engraved at front and with interlaced strapwork
height 5¾ in.
14.5 cm
Sotheby's, New York, March 16, 1995, lot 195
The cup inscription refers to Mishmeret Haboker Vehaerev, founded in Mantua in 1702, which published a pamphlet in 1715. See Schlomo Simonsohn, The History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, Jerusalem, 1977.