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Obj. ID: 695
Sacred and Ritual Objects  Spice container, Moscow, 1867-1884

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1992

The silver spice container is openworked and consists of a base, a shaft, a body, and an apex.

The base is round, convex in the middle, resting on a smooth ring. The center is smooth, surrounded by an openworked band compoused of loops.

The shaft is cilindrical, with net design.

The body is in a shape of conical, widening upwards bowl with a separated cover. It is compoused of vertical wide stripes decorated with foliate design, formed by scrolls. At the bottom it bears decoration of petals, withdrawing from the center. The cover is stepped dome. It is decorated by petal design compoused of scrolls, withdrawing from the center, and a band formed by loops. The edge bears a pattern of doubled indented line.

The apex is globular, arranged of two hemispheres composed of petals.

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