CultureIndian or Chinese
Titles
- Torah Case with Matching Pair of Finials
Date1887
MediumWood, silver, brass, copper
DimensionsOverall: 37 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (95 × 26 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.567.A-.C
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryNone
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On the surfaces of the two flat, opposing walls of the interior of the opened dome are silver plaques engraved with lengthy dedicatory Hebrew inscriptions. Inscribed on the right plaque are verses related to the subject of the Torah: "And this is the teaching which Moses set before the children of Israel" (Deuteronomy 4: 44), among others. The left plaque bears a lengthy inscription, dedicated by a widow to the memory of her departed daughter: "…this case and the Torah scroll contained within were dedicated by Simcha wife of the late R. Yaakov Shlomo Kashani, for the soul of her daughter Leah wife of R. Mordechai Yechezkel Natan, who passed away on Shabbat 24th Iyar 1886… Dedicated in 1887".
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Goopee Nath Dutt & Co.
1927–1928
Wood, silver, velvet
2024.568.1,.2
