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Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark

300–350
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300
This rare example of Jewish gold glass depicts an open Torah ark, with rolled scrolls on its shelves, and ritual implements of the temple-including two menorot (candelabra), a shofar (ram's horn), and an etrog (citron). Originally, a banqueting scene was shown below, with a fish on the tripod table in front of a cushion.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark
  • Date: 300–350
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass, gold leaf
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. (6.9 x 7 x 0.7 cm)
    a only: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 cm)
    b only: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Gold glass
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.145.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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