Obj. ID: 6710
Sacred and Ritual Torah finials, Afghanistan, 20th century
The globular Rimon is made of silver and consists of a shaft, a body and a head.##A. The shaft is cylindrical and is tapering. It is decorated by winding striped of foliate motif. Bands of foliate motif encircle the upper and lower borders of the shaft. The shaft is surmounted by a globular capital which is decorated by medallions bearing a flower. Chains hang from the center of the capital and are carrying flattened and slit drop-shaped bells.##B. The body has a globular shape, and is mounted over a bowl-shaped body bottom decorated by two foliate runners. Chains carrying flattened and slit drop-shaped bells hang at the top of the body bottom.##The lower part of the body is decorated by cartouches bearing trefoil flower. Three bands encircle the center of the body. The two extrime ones bear a floiate runner and the centeral is appliqued by geometrical motif. The upper part of the body is decorated by diagonal bands of floral and geometrical patterns. A circle of leaves depicts the top of the body. Chains hang around the center of the body and are carrying flattened and slit drop-shaped bells.##C. The head has a domed shape and is decorated by a circle of leaves bearing a geometrical motif. The head is mounted over a floral disk, carrying along its edges chains with flattened and slit drop-shaped bells.
