Bowl Fragments with Menorah, Shofar, and Torah Ark

Unknown

300–350 · Glass, gold leaf · Medieval Art

This rare example of Jewish gold glass depicts an open Torah ark, with rolled scrolls on its shelves, and ritual implements of the temple-including two menorot (candelabra), a shofar (ram's horn), and an etrog (citron). Originally, a banqueting scene was shown below, with a fish on the tripod table in front of a cushion.

Artist

Unknown

Date

300–350

Medium

Glass, gold leaf

Culture

Roman

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918