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Torah Case with Finials and Pointer
Torah Case with Finials and Pointer

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)
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 view
ProvenanceCommissioned 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.Published ReferencesYonat Shimron, "Judaic gallery to reopen at museum," Raleigh: The News and Observer (July 7, 2006), briefly discussed and illus. (color) 1E.

John W. Coffey, entry for Torah Case with Finials and Pointer, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 144, illus. (color) 145.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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