Torah Case with Finials and Pointer
Artist
Unidentified workshop, associated with Hoaching
Chinese
DateCase: circa 1860 or earlier; finials and pointer: probably later
MediumCase: silver, partly gilded, enamel, wood, glass beads
Finials: silver, gilded
Pointer: silver
DimensionsCase: H. 38 ½ x Diam. 11 ½ in. (97.8 x 29.2 cm)
Finials: H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Pointer: H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Finials: H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Pointer: H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineGift of Carlos and Terri Union Zukowski, their children, and grandchildren in loving memory of Bettye and Ben Saslaw, Del Saslaw, and Doba and David Zukowski
Object number2006.9.1-3
On View
On viewProvenanceCommissioned by Rabbi Yehezkeil Ezra Yitzak Eliyahu Zachariah and presented to Magen David Synagogue, Bombay [present day Mumbai] India, 1887; to Israel with Baghdadi Jewish immigrants, ca. 1949; transferred to Synagogue Kelly Yakov Eni, Kiryat Bialik, Israel, ca. 1955; sold to Isaac Stein, Jerusalem, and Yerachmiel Hirschler, Bnei Brak, Israel, 2006; [William L. Gross, Tel Aviv, 2006]; sold to NCMA, 2006.
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Alessandro Doria
Knife: 1751–1761, per mark; Shield: probably last half of 18th century
