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Dreidel Old City-STERLING SILVER,HANNUKA,LUXURY,JERUSALEM,ISRAEL,HANDMADE,GIFT
$ 1874.4
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THIS IS AN OUTSTSANDING HAND-MADE DREIDEL FOR HANNUKAH, PRODUCED AND SOLD BY THE ARTIST.!!! You have an unique opportunity to buy #001 from the limited edition (Maximum # 20) !!!
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DREIDEL IS CARVED FROM AN OLIVE WOOD AND IS SHAPED LIKE A SQUARE TOWER. EACH SIDE OF THE TOWER REPRESENTS A THREE-DIMENTIONAL VIEW OF THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM :
TOWER OF DAVID (“MIGDAL DAVID”), JAFFA GATE, WESTERN WALL (“KOTEL”) AND MENORA.
THIS CENTRAL PART OF THE DREIDEL IS COVERED BY THE EBONY AND COCOBOLO ROSEWOOD
AND IS DECORATED WITH SILVER OUTLAYS. THE TOP OF THE TOWER IS MADE FROM INDIAN ROSE WOOD AND HASE A SILVER INLAY OF “MAGEN DAVID”.
THE BOTTOM PART OF THE DREIDEL IS SHAPED LIKE AN INVERTED SQUARE PYRAMID; MADE ENTIRELY OF ROSEWOOD, IT IS DECORATED WITH SILVER INLAY OF FOUR HEBREW LETTERS : “NUN, GIMEL, HEY, PEY” OF THE
TORAH PRINT. THIS BOTTOM PART IS DECORATED OF THE DIFFERENT SILVER OUTLAYS.
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AND BOTTOM PARTS OF DREIDEL SYMBOLIZES
THE DIVINE OR HEAVENLY CHARACTER OF JERUSALEM.
THE STAND IS AN EIGHT-POINTE PYRAMID. IT IS CARVED FROM ROSEWOOD AND HAS A SILVER INLAY OF THE HEBREW NAME OF JERUSALEM – “YERUSHALAIM” –
EACH OF THE SEVEN HEBREW LETTERS OF "YERUSHALAIM" OCCUPIES A SEPARATE POINT
OF THE PEDESTRAL, WHEREAS ONE POINT IS LEFT EMPTY.
THE STAND IS DECORATED BY THE INDIAN ROSEWOOD AND DIFFERENT SILVER OUTLAYS.
THE DREIDEL IS CONNECTED TO THE STAND BY A BRASS AXIS.
BOTH THE DREIDEL AND THE STAND ARE SIGNED WITH RUSSIAN INITIALS “GR” OF THE ARTIST GREGORY RUVINSKY
Measurement: 10"H x 4 ½”W(Stand); 2 ½”W(Dreidel)
Weight: 710gr (24 2\/3 OZ)
1. Original design; hand-made; exotic, rare and expensive materials.
2. High Quality and Precision; colors are of original materials; limited edition.
3. Dreidel Old City was created in ISRAEL as a unique gift for the Jewish holiday "Hanukkah"
CONDITION - MINT,NEW ,NEVER USED. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A UNIQUE PIECE OF JUDAICA ART DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST.
RECENTLY, FOUR OF MY WORKS WERE INCLUDED AMONG 500 BEST ARTWORKS IN THE WORLD IN “500 JUDAICA”, LARK BOOKS, 2010.
If you provide me with your e-mail address,
I will be happy to send you detailed pictures.
A full catalogue of objects by Gregory Ruvinsky can be viewed online at artjudaicainwood.com
OR IN GOOGLE “GREGORY RUVINSKY”
Shalom from Jerusalem,
GREGORY RUVINSKY