Auction 20 Objects: Ceremonial Art and Objects
Dec 19, 2011 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 108:

Silver Tray for Circumcision Ceremony - Akedat Yitzchak

Start price:
$ 3,500
Auction house commission: 23%
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Silver tray for circumcision ceremony, upon which infant is placed and handed over to Mohel. [Germany?, early 20th century].
Silver (stamped), engraved.
Detailed and dramatic description of Akedat Yitzchak; professionally engraved: the servants and the donkey; Avraham raising the slaughtering knife with one hand and grasping Yitzchakג€™s head with the other; the angel calling out to Avraham and forbidding him to lay hands on Yitzchak; the ram entangled by its horns. Engraved inscription surrounding description of binding: "G-d will raise this infant, as he was circumcised so shall he be raised to Torah, Chupa and Maג€™asim Tovim".
It is interesting to note that the image of the servants, Avraham and Yitzchak were engraved bearing bird shaped heads, similar to the images appearing in "Haggadat Rashei HaTziporim", illustrated manuscript of Pesach Haggadah, which was written in Germany in the late 13th century (oldest complete Haggadah in existence). 47.5x25.5 cm. Good condition.