VERY RARE EARLY BEZALEL JERUSALEM JUDAICA ETCHED BRASS GARDEN OF EDEN PLATE For Sale

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VERY RARE EARLY BEZALEL JERUSALEM JUDAICA ETCHED BRASS GARDEN OF EDEN PLATE :
$2500.00

Up for sale is this very rare Bezalel Jerusalem plate , this amazing plate has the best subject And artistic Design i have seen in a lot of years, the plate has 5 different scenes from the story Of Adam And Eve in the garden pf Eden.On the middle of the plate the is an Hebrew inscription, it is parts from the 5 lines that describe The 5 scene on the plate:\"וַיִּ֩יצֶר֩ אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה\"\"And the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground\"\"לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ\"\"And the Lord God said, \"It is not good that man is alone\"
\"\'וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ עֲרוּמִּ֔ים\"\"Now they were both naked\"
\"וַתִּקַּ֥ח מִפִּרְי֖וֹ וַתֹּאכַ֑ל וַתִּתֵּ֧ן גַּם־לְאִישָׁ֛הּ\"\"She took of its fruit, and she ate, and she gave also to her husband\"
\"וַיְגָ֖רֶשׁ אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩ מִקֶּ֨דֶם לְגַן־עֵ֜דֶן אֶת־הַכְּרֻבִ֗ים וְאֵ֨ת לַ֤הַט הַחֶ֨רֶב֙ הַמִּתְהַפֶּ֔כֶת לִשְׁמֹ֕ר אֶת־דֶּ֖רֶךְ עֵ֥ץ הַֽחַיִּֽים:\"\"And He drove the man out, and He stationed from the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and the blade of the revolving sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.\"
This rare plate is fully marked on the back \"BEZALEL JERUSALEM\" in Hebrew, the Jerusalem Mark is a bit worn but it is present, on the top of the mark there is the number 522 which is Probably the model number, this plate was mad on the early 1910s or even earlier and it is one of Bezalel earliest works, it is not known who is the artist but the artistic style is typical of Reuben Leaf Lipschitz,he was working in Bezalel in 1912-1916 and was the manager of the etching Department in this time frame, in 1916 he moved to the USA to escape joining the ottoman army in ww1. he stayed in the USA and became a graphic designer who designed and decorated Synagogues he also made graphic designs aillustrations to Hebrew books.Condition of the plate is very good, there are some scratches and some normal wear, the hanger On the back is missing as you can see in the pictures but otherwise good original condition to an Item is 100+ years.Most have in any important Judaica or Bezalel collectionPlease feel free to ask me any question or give a decent offer.SIZE :7.3 INCH / 18.3 CM WIDE