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Mythology



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Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagle (added after 1806), flanked by two rampant lions on flower and acanthus leaves. From Gdansk,Poland H: 22 cm Inv.477
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Chanukkah lamp (menorah) around 1700 - silver. Two-headed Austrian eagl...

Glass cup with lid (ca. 1800) with scenes from Greek mythology. From Austria
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Glass cup with lid (ca. 1800) with scenes from Greek m...

Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum after WW II. The ceiling shows floral designs and animals; the vault has two lions sounding trumpets, and a vision of Jerusalem (left). 1735
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Painted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum aft...

A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic lions and fish, a symbol of fertility. 1880 Parchment, 53 x 44,5 cm
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A Ketubah from Singapore is decorated with heraldic lions and fish, a symbol...

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...

Bremen townhall is famous for its century-old wine cellar with its collection of Germany's best wines. A gay Bacchus straddles a 17th century cask.
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Bremen townhall is famous for its century-old wine cellar with its col...

Battledore showing a mermaid. In pre-Christian times, bird-siren and mermaid were the attributes of a goddess of an agricultural cult, later they became symbols of joy and happiness. From the Upper Volga region.
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Battledore showing a mermaid. In pre-Christian times, bird-siren and me...

Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the lid a carved and painted siren. Sirens were symbols of joy and happiness; in pre-Christian times they were attributes of an agricultural deity. From Novgorod
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Wedding chest with linen; on the inside of the lid a carved and painted...