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Pair of Torah finials
Moroccan
19th century
Medium/Technique
Silver, parcel-gilt
Dimensions
Height: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Jetskalina H. Phillips Fund
Accession Number2019.10.1-2
ClassificationsRitual objects
DescriptionOctagonal lantern form, chased with scrolling foliage and hung with bells, glazed ogee arches with red and green velvet backing.This type of Rimmonim was used in the Fez and Meknes areas.
ProvenanceBy 1993, Michael and Judy Steinhardt, New York [see note]; April 29, 2013, Steinhardt sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 326, to a private collector; December 19, 2018, anonymous (consigned by a private collector) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 10, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)
NOTE: See The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection (Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, 1993), p. 12, cat. no. 92, fig. 8.
NOTE: See The Collector's Room: Selections from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Collection (Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, 1993), p. 12, cat. no. 92, fig. 8.