![Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkena](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/13_1.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century")
![Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkena](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/13_2.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century")
![Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkena](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/13_3.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century")
![Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkena](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/13_4.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century")
![Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkena](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale109/13_5.jpg "Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century")
Auction 109 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Megillot and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Esther Scroll – Letters with Bird Decorations – Germany, 19th Century – Large-Format
Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Large-format Esther scroll. [Germany, 19th century].
Ink on parchment.
Large-format Esther scroll, written in Ashkenazi script on 4 treated parchment membranes sewn together, 12 text columns, 38 lines per column. With Tagim.
Tall decorations of Tagim shaped as flowers on various letters at tops of columns and other places throughout the scroll. The sixth, tenth and twelfth columns feature Lamed letters designed as bird heads.
Height of parchment: 41 cm. Overall good condition. Minor creases and stains to margins. Some fading to letters. Peeling of parchment coating. Large stains, some black, and peeling to parchment in four places across the scroll, apparently a remnant of an old inscription that was erased.
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