Auction 16 Spring Sale- The Bloch Family Collection - Australia, and Other Items of Judaica.
By Taj Art
Mar 31, 2025
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 142:

Large jar shaped as a Jewish head, ridiculing his appearance. Anti-Semitic porcelain work apparently made in ...

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Auction took place on Mar 31, 2025 at Taj Art

Large jar shaped as a Jewish head, ridiculing his appearance. Anti-Semitic porcelain work apparently made in Austria in the early 20th century. The jar can be opened in its middle for things to be stored inside.


Many anti-Semitic porcelain works were made in the first half of the 20th century, indicating a wave of anti-Semitism that spread in Western Europe.

Wiesemann, Falk, Visual Illusions about Jews: The Finkelstein Collection of Antisemitica (Essen: Klartext, 2024). Cat. No. 122.

Provenance: The Bloch Family Collection, Melbourne-Australia.

Condition:  Like new
Measurement:  10 x 13 cm

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