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Img. ID: 3049

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 1992
The three leveled silver Torah crown consists of a main part, a crest and an apex. Each level is composed of a base and arms. The lower level as the main part, has a coronet like base, composed of three circumferal bands. The lower band is a strip of foliate scrolls. It is surmounted by a smooth band decorated with a pattern of alternating birds and arch-like scrolls. The scrolls are inhabited with a pair of birds. The upper wavy band bears a pattern of alternating deer and a rose. Six twisted arms emerge from each rose and joined together on top by a smooth concave unit. Each arm is composed of twisted wire decorated with flowers and leavs and is surmounted by a rampant sqirrel from which hang a bell, that stands on the concave unit. The wavy lower rim of the concave unit is decorated with a pattern of filligree flowers with coloured stons in the centre. A two leveled crest is mounted over a concave unit. Six arms in the shape of rampant lions emerge from a ring shape base to support the ring base of the upper crown. The circular arms of the upper crown are joined together on top by a dome decorated with filligree flowers and coloured stons. A pattern of small circles decorats the arms and the dome's base from which hang between the arms swing like loops. On each loop stands a bird with a bell around its nack. A bud shape apex is mounted over the dome.
Name/Title
Torah crown (2nd half of the 19th cen.) | Unknown
Object
Object Detail
Settings
Unknown
Date
1850-1899?
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Origin
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Location
Unknown |
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Material / Technique
Silver, gielded silver##Structure: hammered, cast, set coloured stones ## Decoration: open filigree, cast, chaised ##Bonding: screwed, soldered nailed
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
375mm
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
200mm
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Condition
Part of the bells are missing.
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
Unknown |
Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
From the Kiev collection.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
cf. Finland, Waino-Aalto. Mus., p.24, no.10. cf. Masterpieces-Silver, Moscow, 1992. no. 12. cf. Wien, Kunsthis. Mus., Thora (Ukraine), p.89, no.13
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Type
Documenter
| A.A. (M.T.) 7.1992
Author of description
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Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
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Donor
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Negative/Photo. No.