Hanukkah lamp
Ze'ev Raban
(Israeli (born in Poland), 1890–1970)
about 1920
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsH: 14 cm
W: 19 cm including shamas. H: 13.5 cm D: 7 cm
W: 19 cm including shamas. H: 13.5 cm D: 7 cm
Credit LineCharles and Lynn Schusterman Collection
Accession number2013.934
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Inscriptions" They lit candles in the courtyards of your holiness, and they instituted eights days of Hanukkah" (last verse from the 'Veal Hanisim' prayer, recited on Hanukkah)
Below, alongside medallions with ancient Jewish coins, is inscribed "Bezalel, Jerusalem"ProvenanceMay 11, 1998, anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, lot 49, to Charles and Lynn Schusterman, Tulsa; 2013, gift of Lynn Schusterman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
