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LOT 305:
Shiviti - Impressive Craftsmanship, Special, and Especially Rare. Afghanistan, 1958
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Shiviti - Impressive Craftsmanship, Special, and Especially Rare. Afghanistan, 1958
Large and impressive Shiviti poster with a LaMenatzeach menorah and various verses, superbly handcrafted, with a floral frame in many colors. Beautiful scribal script. Afghanistan, 1859.
Inscription around the menorah: "The tiny young writer Yitzchak Cohen son of the honorable dayan ... son of ... the dayan, the complete and faithful sage, David, son of ... Avraham. This menorah was written and signed on Thursday, the 18th of Tishrei, [1859]."
One of the items that gives this Shiviti poster its special character is that the outer frame is not painted as usual, but it is made of a type of powdered silver glued to the sheet.
Several passages were made separately on separate papers and pasted on the original on the large sheet to give it a beautiful, deep look.
It is very rare to find such elegant works!
The poster is placed in a frame under glass; it has not been examined outside the frame.
Size: 49x69 cm. Including the frame: 77x57 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Tears and wear, aging stains and ink fading.
