Auction 108 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Colorfully Decorated Esther Scroll with Attached Sheet of Blessings – Italy, ca. 1800
Opening: $400
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Decorated Esther scroll. Italy, possibly Ancona, ca. 1800.
Ink and paint on parchment; turned wood.
Esther scroll, written on 4 sheets of parchment sewn together, 14 columns of text, 20 lines per column. Edges of tab at beginning of scroll artistically cut.
The tab bears a large, colorful illustration in a yellow and red vegetal pattern. Yellow-and-red rectangular frames border the entire text of the scroll. An additional large, colorful, matching illustration appears on the tab at the end of the last sheet of the scroll. A sheet of blessings over the reading of the Megillah (unillustrated) is attached to the scroll. Original wooden handle.
Height of parchment sheets: 20 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains and slight wear to beginning of scroll. Open tear to leading edge of first sheet. Missing tie, formerly attached to leading tab. Sheet of blessings: 16X23 cm. Overall good condition, creases and few stains. Height of handle: 35 cm. Minor blemishes. Small ornament missing from upper tip (?).
Esther Scrolls and Manuscripts on Parchment
Esther Scrolls and Manuscripts on Parchment