UNUSUAL LIME-STONE SABBATH CANDELABRA.
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 48
UNUSUAL LIME-STONE SABBATH CANDELABRA.
Cyprus, 1947-48 (5708)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
Following the end of World War II, the British Mandatory Authority forcibly transferred “illegal” immigrants away from Palestine to detention camps in Cyprus, where they were held until the State of Israel declared independence.
It is not entirely clear what significance (if any) lies in the structure of this form.