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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i.e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Poland. Symmetrical paper cutout with ink and tempera, 43 x 34 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to i...

Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i.e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Hurben, Germany, 1821. Symmetrical paper cutout over light blue background. 34 x 30,5 cm
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Mizrach ("East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue t...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. Leviathan,a biblical beast,surrounds the central cave of Machpelah. Embroidered by Hannah Rivka Hermann of Jerusalem. Wool on cotton net, 81 x 78 cm
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the Sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with branches, to celebrate Sukkot, the Jewish seven-day Feast of Tabernacles. From the Ukraine, 1858. Symmetrical paper cutout, 41 x 33,5 cm
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Decoration for a sukkah, a booth erected in the open air and covered with bra...

Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double- headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm
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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean...

Dragon from the top of a window frame. Carved and painted.
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Dragon from the top of a window frame. Carved and painted.

Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs surrounded by putti and baskets of fruit. Coptic Period
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Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs...

Tangent circular designs. Detail: stylized four-footed creatures and birds. Batik
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Tangent circular designs. Detail: stylized four-fo...

A winged monster. Silk (6th-7th)
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A winged monster. Silk (6th-7th)

Double-headed eagle. Spanish silk
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Double-headed eagle. Spanish silk

Tapestry of dragons and eagles. Lucchese diaspre silk fabric (early 14th)
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Tapestry of dragons and eagles. Lucchese diaspre silk fa...

Basilisks with gazelles. Lucchese diaspre silk (early 14th)
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Basilisks with gazelles. Lucchese diaspre silk...