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Hanukkah Lamp, Adapted from a 16th Century Alms Dish

Image courtesy of Sotheby's New York.

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Hanukkah Lamp, Adapted from a 16th Century Alms Dish
Artist
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Hanukkah Lamp, Adapted from a 16th Century Alms Dish
Date18th century
MediumBrass
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/16 × 12 1/16 × 4 7/16 in. (36 × 30.7 × 11.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barbara and Raymond Kalmans
Object number2023.26
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
111 Herzstein Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
Provenance[The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part II, Sotheby's, New York, December 20, 2022, Sale N11005 7, Lot 284]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

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Hanukkah Lamp
Unknown
Hanukkah Lamp
1865
Silver and silver-gilt
2023.28
Image provided by auction house.
Unknown
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Wood, silver, brass, and copper
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Overall.
Desnet
Menorah
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Torah Crown
mid 18th century
Silver and silver-gilt
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Oil Lamp
Unknown Judaic
Oil Lamp
400–600 AD
Bronze
2005.351.A-.C
Training Fetish Brooch
James Frederick Woell
Training Fetish Brooch
1971–1973
Brass
2002.4094
Overall
Zhang Zhoujie
Spider Chair
designed 2009–2011, made 2014
Brass, edition 1/12
2024.297
Menorah
Joel A. Rosenthal
Menorah
designed 2017, made 2025
Silver, bronze, aluminum, enamel, diamonds and gold
2025.732
Overall open
Jacob Joshua Katzigin
Mahzor (Festival Prayer Book) for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur According to the Rite of Asti, Fossano, and Moncalvo
1800
Ink on laid paper in gilt-tooled brown leather cover with brass clasps
2023.610
Alms
Varujan Boghosian
Alms
2009
Assemblage of offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, relief print on wove paper mounted on board and fabric, bronze on fabric mounted on board
2024.1018
PH 2/2 Piano Lamp
Poul Henningsen
PH 2/2 Piano Lamp
1931
Patinated brass, glass, and bulb
2018.441
Candlesphere
Helen Dryden
Candlesphere
designed c. 1936, made 1937–1941
Chrome-plated brass
2023.204
Unknown