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November 21, 2009
YOUTH PROGRAM

ROAR (Sec. F7, ages 4 and 5)

10 – 11:30 a.m.
Classroom 111

Let's sink our teeth and claws into something truly fierce! In the Galleries: Look closely at Lion and Serpent, the Louvre's famous bronze by Antoine-Louis Barye, on view in "The Louvre and the Masterpiece." Examine how the artist portrays raw ...
Seder plate
Title:Seder plate
Date:c. 1880-1890
Medium:Ceramic
Dimensions:1 5/16 x 9 1/2 in. (3.33 x 24.13 cm)
Creation Place:Europe, Czechoslovakia,
Credit Line:Gift of Michael Engel in memory of Celia Engel
Accession Number:98.140
Location:G362
This Seder plate was owned by a German Jewish couple who escaped from Germany in 1938 to Shanghai, China. They subsequently immigrated to the United States, where the donor obtained the plate from them.