Wooden lid with inlaid soap-stone inset, carved with depiction of bridge connecting the male and female quarters of this British detention-camp. Hebrew captions. 5 x 7 inches. Cyprus, 1947-48. Includes provenance details
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 423
SOAP-STONE HINGED GIFT-BOX.
Wooden lid with inlaid soap-stone inset, carved with depiction of bridge connecting the male and female quarters of this British detention-camp. Hebrew captions. 5 x 7 inches. Cyprus, 1947-48. Includes provenance details
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $500
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.