Torah Case with Matching Pair of Finials

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CultureIndian or Chinese

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Torah Case with Matching Pair of Finials

Date1887

MediumWood, silver, brass, and copper

DimensionsOverall: 37 3/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (95 × 26 × 26 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mary and David S. Wolff

Object number2024.567.A-.C

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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

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ProvenanceCommissioned by Simcha Kashani, 1887 [...]; [Kedem Auctions, Jerusalem, Auction 98, lot 286, 17 September 2024]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
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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