A unexpected jewel by Jar at the Rome exhibition dedicated to Menorah ♦
Shock, surprise: Jar is in an exhibition that originated 2088 years ago. The jeweler has made a special jewel for the Menorà exhibition. Cult, history and myth, which takes place parallel to the Arm of Charlemagne of the Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum of Rome (until July 23, 2017).
The exhibition is dedicated to one of the symbols of Jewish culture. Better to explain what it is: Menorah is a seven-armed gold candle that, according to the sacred scriptures, would have been ordained to Moses by God. And so, Moses would have made it in a single gold cast of 35 kilograms this large candlestick, the Menorah. About a thousand years before Christ, according to the legend, was placed in the temple of Solomon, and then to be raided by the Babylonians. To make it short: in 71 BC, Menorah was considered a booty of war by the Romans and brought to the Capital by General Tito. But in Rome Menorah is disappeared, robbed by the barbarians, perhaps the visigots of Alaric, or by the vandals of Genserico. Who knows. After the disappearance are flourished a lot of legends.
We come to Jar, that is, Joel Arthur Rosenthal, American of the Bronx, moved to Paris and considered the Fabergé of our time. It is unapproachable, mysterious, it only produces a few pieces a year that it sells only to those who want, and with a price that he decides. In short, it is more unapproachable than Bob Dylan. It was a surprise, therefore, his participation in the exhibition with a special piece: in five weeks (incredibly fast for him) he designed and made a bronze and aluminum menorah (with a touch of gold). It is an almond with pink enamel flowers, a central bud with a mix of pavé of white and gold diamonds, blue and purple sapphires, pink rubies. Jar explained that he felt the urge to participate in the exhibition thanks to the re-emerging of memories of his childhood and Jewish religious ceremonies to which he attended his bar mitzvah. He also added that he could draw other pieces on the subject. His fans are already waiting. Federico Graglia