Rare magnificent Brass Lion of Judah 18th century candelabra (Ethiopia?). Measurement 60 cm heig

Rare magnificent brass lion of  judah 18th century candelabra (Ethiopia). Measurement 60 cm height by 40 cm width

The Candelabra has four branches and it also has at its base incense holder for a number of different incense sticks it most likely came out of a cathedral

In the centre of the Candelabra it has an eagle motif. The whole piece can be dismantled into individual parts

The Lion of Judah (:   Aryeh Yehudah) is a  national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as the symbol of the  . According to the , the tribe consists of the descendants of , the fourth son of . The association between Judah and the lion can first be found in the blessing given by Jacob to his son Judah in the .

The Lion of Judah is also mentioned in the , as a term representing , according to . The lion of Judah was also one of the titles of the  Emperors of .

Ethiopian history[]

's history as recorded and elaborated in a 13th-century treatise, the , asserts descent from a retinue of Israelites who returned with Makeda, the  from her visit to  in , by whom she had conceived the Solomonic dynasty's founder .