Bidspirit auction | Antisemitic Figurine. Europe, C. 1900

Antisemitic Figurine. Europe, C. 1900 - Antisemitic figurine depicting a bearded rabbi with distorted facial features, made of cast bronze. Europe, C. 1900. No manufacturer's name. A finely modeled figurine depicting a rabbi as a ”forest spirit” emerging from a hollow tree trunk - with a thick beard, distorted ears, heavy eyebrows, and a mole on the tip of his nose. See a similar example in ”Anti Judischer Nippes und populare Judenbilder” by Falk Wiesemann, 2006, catalog item No. 112 and catalog item No. 167. Height: 12 cm. Width: 12.5 cm. Good condition.