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Vessel for Ritual Handwashing
Vessel for Ritual Handwashing

Vessel for Ritual Handwashing

Artist Moshe Zabari Israeli, born 1935, active in the United States 1961–1988
Date1992
MediumSilver, partly chrome-plated, partly gilded
Dimensions3 15/16 x 6 7/16 x 2 3/8 in. (10 x 16.3 x 6 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineGift of Pat and Moshe Zabari in memory of Drs. Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof
Object number2004.14
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Jerusalem, 1992; collection of the artist; given to NCMA, 2004.Published References"New Acquisitions, New Look for the Judaic Art Gallery," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2006), briefly discussed 6.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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