Pair of finials for a Torah scroll or synagogue dais. [Libya or Tunisia, early 20th century].
Wood, turned, carved, and painted.
Finials with broad cylindrical bodies, and with niches carved in the shape of arched windows. Each finial surmounted by a cap modeled after a vegetal subject, in turn surmounted by a roughly spherical ornament. Coated with a thick coat of paint, tinted gold, copper, red, and green.
Height: 37 cm. Width: 8 cm. Overall good condition. Minor fractures. Abrasions and missing bits of paint.
