Auction 57
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Sep 12, 2017
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 443:
A Handwritten Sign for Hanging in the Sukkah - Europe, 18th/19th Century
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Sold for: $700
Start price:
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300
Buyer's Premium: 23%
VAT: 17%
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A Handwritten Sign for Hanging in the Sukkah - Europe, 18th/19th Century
Sign for a Sukkah. [Europe (Italy?), second half of the 18th / first half of 19th century].
Paint and ink on cardboard.
A rectangular sign meant for hanging in a Sukkah, on which a poem is written in square letters; the subject of the poem is sitting and studying in the Sukkah. Beneath the poem some inscriptions were added, among them "a person must study in the Sukkah" (Hebrew).
Length: 21 cm, width: 30 cm. Fair condition. Cardboard is distorted. Stains and creases, some of which affect the text. Glue remnants on the reverse.
