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Sculpture in patinated bronze on a wooden base (compensated) painted black, representing the Woman of Lot, changed into a statue of salt.
According to the Old Testament, angels come to warn Lot and his family to flee their city of Sodom, which is about to be destroyed. They warn them not to return to Sodom, but Lot's wife does not heed their advice and is turned into a statue of salt.
A geological structure, a pillar of salt named "Loth's Wife", is located in Jordan, on Mount Sodom.
Sculpture signed Ziffer and numbered n °9/12
Moshe Ziffer was an Israeli artist, 1902-1989, born in Austria-Hungary; he studied sculpture in Berlin, Paris and Vienna.
Most of his works (in stone) are now kept at Tel Aviv University or at the Jerusalem Museum.
Good condition - traces of use to patina
Height: 48cm
28 x 16cm approx.
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