The Shlomo Tepper Judaica Collection
Lot 22511:
The backplate in architectural form, with a row of four pointed horseshoe arches, topped by tendrils, an applied menorah below a four-leaf window and a hamsa finial. Fronted by a row of oil pans and fitted with a servant light below the hamsa. The surface is engraved with geometric and tendril motifs. Marked.
Height: 25.5 cm, width: 13.5 cm, depth: 4 cm
Condition: Good
Provenance: Shlomo Tepper Collection
Literature: For this type of menorah, see Benjamin, Chaya, “North African Lights”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2003, p. 80, no. 28
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