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Purim Tray
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This Purim tray from the seventeenth century was made in Hamburg, Germany. A fine repoussé piece, its center is adorned with a court scene, complete with a ruler sitting on a raised throne, surrounded…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Free Imperial City of Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Food and drink, Community, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Household objects, Decorative arts
Metal tray with repoussé images of birds and fruit around rim, and image of king and subjects in center.
A Procession
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In this detail from a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud, five people stand with raised forearms (their hands are not depicted). As raised hands usually signify praying, the scene may represent…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dress, Community

Categories:

Painting, Household objects
Jar with one visible handle with painting of five people with raised forearms.