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Ceremonial Bowl
1740-1784
silver
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This bowl was used to hold "ethrog" (a citrus fruit) during the week of Sukkoth, the Jewish "Feast of the Tabernacles." Each day of the week, "ethrog" and branches of date palm, willow, and myrtle were taken to the temple and placed before the altar.
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Private collection; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by gift.
Geographies
Germany, Nuremberg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Philip B. Perlman, 1961
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1910