hanukija

Institution

Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb

Object description:

An opulent chanukiah, with eight boats for burning oil and a ninth servant, or Shamash located in front, made of silver. It belongs to the type that is at base designed on the model of the seven stemmed candlestick or menorah. The circular base is carried by three feet shaped like boughs that turn into C volutes. On the base a symbolic hillock rises, on which there are various plants and high palms, from which two branches grow, that is, two horizontal arms on which there are four little oil vessels each. In the front, at the base of the palm on the base of the lamp is the figure of a rampant lion the symbolic meaning of which is deeply rooted in Jewish iconography.

Object/Work type:

Location:

Zagreb, Grad - Croatia

Object measurements:

width  cm  46, height  cm  56, length  cm  20

Creation

Material/Technique: silver, embossing (technique), engraving (action)

Rights Work

Rights Holder: Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb 

Resource

Rights Type:  

Rights Holder: Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb 

Record

Source: Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb

Identifier: MUO-016430