A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF HAND CARVED TORAH ARK DOORS

A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF HAND CARVED TORAH ARK DOORS
A Magnificent and Rare Pair Gilded and Painted Carved Wood Torah Ark Doors. In Polish or Ukranian style. Twin lions of Judah couchant hold scrolls inscribed “The Torah of the Lord is perfect.” (Psalms 19:8) Above are gilded depictions of a pair of stags, and above them birds in flight. (The lion, the stag and the eagle are three of the for animals frequently\y employed as symbols in Jewish art, especially in East European synagogues. 26” x 50”. Illustrated in The Art of Judaism, 1979, rear cover and on full page color plate following page 106 and in A Guide to Jewish Art, 1989, color plate page 43.