Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)
1806-1807
Artists
Description
On cylindrical stems applied with gilt borders roulette-decorated with trailing flowers, rising to flat knops applied with radiating calices and pineapples issuing from leaves, each with two six-branch canopies hung with bells and surmounted by pineapple finials
Dimensions
21.9 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (8 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) 383 g
Provenance
Mrs A. Summers, London, sold [through Sotheby's London, 1971, lot 54]. David Berg, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
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