Name/Title
RimmonimEntry/Object ID
K_1071Description
Small Torah finials shaped like flattened spheres, surmounted by small, tapering dome-shaped ornaments. Throughout the surfaces of the finials are decorative elements apparently representing the image of lotus leaves. These surfaces are decorated with vegetal themes in rich, dense detail, penetrating tiny slits and minute points. Bodies supported on stout cylindrical shafts, tapering upward, and similarly decorated. Five chains with bells at their ends are suspended from each of the finial bodies.Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
far east, probably IndiaNotes
Date made: late 19th century