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Hanukkah lamp
Yehia Yemini (born In Yemen (Sana), active in Israel, 1897–1983)
Israel, Jerusalem
1920s
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
H: 12.5 cm; W: 10.6 incl. shammas; D: 4 cm
Credit Line
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession Number2013.940
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
On back:
in English and Hebrew: "Yemini"
in Hebrew: "Bezalel Jerusalem"
Sterling 925
in English and Hebrew: "Yemini"
in Hebrew: "Bezalel Jerusalem"
Sterling 925
Inscriptions"And they purified the courtyard and all that was in it and they renewed all the holy vessels" (from Maccabees Book 1 4:48-49)
ProvenanceYemini family of silversmiths, Jerusalem. Aharon Berger (dealer), Brooklyn. By 2005, Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.