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Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Large Carpet made by Bezalel – Seven Branched Menorah – Jerusalem, ca. 1908
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $6,000
Including buyer's premium
Carpet made by Bezalel. Jerusalem, [ca. 1908].
Wool on cotton.
A large carpet depicting a seven-branched Menorah adjacent to two split Menorahs, on a background showing the skyline of Jerusalem. The lower section shows two Hebrew inscriptions noting the Tower of David and the place of the Temple. The central image is surrounded by a frame at the margins, consisting of a repetitive pattern of the Hebrew word "Zion". The Hebrew inscription "Bezalel Jerusalem" appears in the inner margins of the frame.
Approx. 230X85 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes, including to the fringes. Suspension straps sewn along the verso upper edge of the carpet.
Literature: Jewish Carpets, by Anton Felton. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. p.97.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
Wool on cotton.
A large carpet depicting a seven-branched Menorah adjacent to two split Menorahs, on a background showing the skyline of Jerusalem. The lower section shows two Hebrew inscriptions noting the Tower of David and the place of the Temple. The central image is surrounded by a frame at the margins, consisting of a repetitive pattern of the Hebrew word "Zion". The Hebrew inscription "Bezalel Jerusalem" appears in the inner margins of the frame.
Approx. 230X85 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes, including to the fringes. Suspension straps sewn along the verso upper edge of the carpet.
Literature: Jewish Carpets, by Anton Felton. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1997. p.97.
Provenance: The Anton Felton Collection.
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