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The Cup of Joy | A Masterpiece of Islamic Judaica from The Silk Road

Sotheby's
1334 York Avenue,
New York, USA
Oct 29, 2025


Detail: Throughout history, Kiddush cups have been passed down as treasured family heirlooms due to their profound religious and cultural significance. This fall, Sotheby’s will present a remarkable treasure: the earliest known Kiddush cup. Recent research dates the cup to the 11th or 12th century, and places it firmly on the Silk Route, in or around the historic region of Khorasan (home at the time to a thriving Jewish community). Not only is the “Cup of Joy” an extraordinary piece of history, its elegant inscriptions in both Hebrew and Arabic illustrate the richly intertwined histories of Islamic artistry and Jewish tradition. Examples of medieval Judaica are extremely rare, and–of the fewer than two dozen pieces that are known–this cup is the earliest.

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