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Auction 2 · Lot 48
UNUSUAL LIME-STONE SABBATH CANDELABRA.
- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800
- Hammer price
- $1,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
Cyprus, 1947-48 (5708)
Description
Arms carved with flowers, Decalogue, grape cluster and in Hebrew “Cyprus, 5708”, small candle-sockets at top. Base with open-book inscribed with the blessing for kindling the Sabbath lights, flanked by palm-trees. Hebrew graffiti scratched along rim and base, front left corner bumped. H: 250 mm.
summary
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.
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