The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part III
The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure | Part III
An Iraqi Bronze Hanukah Lamp, Probably Baghdad, Early 20th Century
No reserve
Auction Closed
December 14, 05:23 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
openwork backplate decorated with birds, Hamsas, and deer, the candle holders paired and centered by peacocks, the center lower Hamsa with Hebrew inscription
Length: 17 in., 43 cm
Height: 9 in., 23 cm
Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto (1571-1623), Villa Montalto, Rome
recalled by the present owner to have been acquired from a private collection, probably European, in the early 1960s
Published
drawing, Codex Montalto, 1630s, fol. 40 (Anna Seidel, Der Codex Montalto, Mainz, 2016, p. 106, fol. 40, illus.)
The inscription reads: “Joseph is a fruitful bough” (Gen. 49:22).
Similar examples can be found in Jay Weinstein, A Collector’s Guide to Judaica, London: Thames & Hudson, 1985, p.137, fig. 179 and Braunstein p.180, fig. 86.