SPAIN, 15TH CENTURY

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AN IMPORTANT SPANISH SILVER JEWISH RING
SPAIN, 15TH CENTURY
THE CORNERS OF THE SQUARE-SHAPED TOP DECORATED WITH FLEURS-DE-LIS, THE CENTRE ENGRAVED WITH CONTEMPORARY THREE LINE HEBREW OWNER'S INSCRIPTION IN SEFARDIC HAND WITHIN QUATREFOIL FIELD, THE UPPER LINE IS A LIGATURE OF BET AND A FINAL NUN AND THE INSCRIPTION AS A WHOLE READS: 'AVRAHAM BEN MOSHE', THE ANGULAR SHOULDERS DECORATED ON EACH SIDE WITH AN UPPER BAND COMPOSED OF DIAGONAL LINES AND ENGRAVED WITH DEVICES RESEMBLING TWO TORCHES, CANDLE FLAME AND A FURTHER GEOMETRIC DEVICE, THE BACKGROUND WITH TRACES OF BLACK ENAMEL
12 X 13 MM. (TOP), 18 MM. HIGH
8 GR.

注意事项

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

拍品专文

THE SHAPE AND STYLE OF THIS RING ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY SPANISH AND CAN BE DATED TO THE 15TH CENTURY. THE COMBINATION OF THE FLEURS-DE-LIS AND THE QUATREFOIL IMPRESSION ON TOP IS COMMON FOR 14TH-15TH CENTURY SPANISH JEWISH SEALS WHICH ARE KNOWN TO US. THE HEBREW INSCRIPTION IS CONTEMPORARY AND THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE LETTERS EXISTS IN THE 15TH CENTURY ONLY IN SEFARDIC SCRIPT, THE LIGATURE OF BET + FINAL NUN IS TYPICAL TO THE SEFARDIC SCRIPT FOUND IN THE PROVENCE. IN SILVER THIS RING IS EXTREMELY RARE AND IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW JEWISH ARTEFACTS EXTANT FROM SPAIN DATING FROM BEFORE THE EXPULSION OF 1492.

FOR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
DANIEL M. FRIEDENBERG, MEDIEVAL JEWISH SEALS FROM EUROPE, DETROIT, 1987, PP. 67-69 AND 124-132; NOS. 17, 50, 51 AND 55.
JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA, 1907, ENTRY SEAL.
LA VIDA JUDíA EN SEFARAD, SINAGOGA DEL TRáNSITO, TOLEDO, NOVIEMBRE 1991 ENERO 1992, MINISTERIO DE CULTURA, PP. 275-278.