Four items dating from the 16th to the 18th century – adeer’s pelvic bone decorated with scenes from Ovid’sMetamorphoses, ashell portraying mythological figures and sea monsters, a serpentine jug, and acanister made of agate plates – are on loan from a private collection in honorof the renewed Museum. These treasures areon public view for the very first time at the Israel Museum.
Image courtesy of the Israel Museum.