Name/Title

Mizrach

Entry/Object ID

K_0780

Tags

storage

Description

Especially large parchment cutout – handcrafted artwork on parchment, with floral frames integrated with gilt paint. This ‘Mizrach’ is based on the mishnah in Avot “Be courageous as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a gazelle, and strong as a lion to do the will of your Father in Heaven, ” and it includes stunning cutouts of lions and eagles at center, and leopards and gazelles in the frame.

Made/Created

Notes

Date made: 20th century

Dimensions

Height

63.5 cm

Width

51 cm

Material

Parchment