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Torah shield
Torah shield

Torah shield

Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJetskalina H. Phillips Fund
Accession number2019.9
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ClassificationsRitual objects
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InscriptionsHebrew initials ST (for Simchat Torah) are engraved on the removable plaque on the front of the shield. On the back are engraved IK, the initials for Yom Kippur.ProvenanceBy about 2010, purchased at Baranovich Auctions, Jerusalem, by Shmuel Charif (dealer), Israel; about 2010, sold by Shmuel Charif to a private collector; December 19, 2018, anonymous (consigned by a private collector) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 131, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)