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Chanukah lamp Birds - Morocco, [19th century]

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Chanukah lamp Birds - Morocco, [19th century]

Hanukkah lamp. Morocco, [19th century].

Cast and drilled brass, scalpel work and engraving.

At the back of the menorah plant forms. In the center is a row of arched gates topped by a window. The background is in the shapes of windows, plants and birds. In the center, a row of windows and arches. To the left and right are four birds. At the top is a hanging ring, with a curly plant decoration.

The menorah was recently brought to Israel from Tangier, Morocco.

Literature: Stieglitz Collection - Masterpieces in Jewish Art by Chaya Benjamin Catalog Item No. 175 (p. 242).

Feuchtwanger Collection - Jewish Tradition and Art by Yeshayahu Shachar, Item No. 378 (p. 145).

Lights in the Atlas Mountains, Hanukkah lamps from the collection of Z. Shulman at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 57, item 27.

Height: 30 cm. Maximum width: 18 cm. Corrosion marks. general condition good.

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Chanukah lamp Birds - Morocco, [19th century]

Hanukkah lamp. Morocco, [19th century].

Cast and drilled brass, scalpel work and engraving.

At the back of the menorah plant forms. In the center is a row of arched gates topped by a window. The background is in the shapes of windows, plants and birds. In the center, a row of windows and arches. To the left and right are four birds. At the top is a hanging ring, with a curly plant decoration.

The menorah was recently brought to Israel from Tangier, Morocco.

Literature: Stieglitz Collection - Masterpieces in Jewish Art by Chaya Benjamin Catalog Item No. 175 (p. 242).

Feuchtwanger Collection - Jewish Tradition and Art by Yeshayahu Shachar, Item No. 378 (p. 145).

Lights in the Atlas Mountains, Hanukkah lamps from the collection of Z. Shulman at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2002), p. 57, item 27.

Height: 30 cm. Maximum width: 18 cm. Corrosion marks. general condition good.

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