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Auction 17 · Lot 628
A hand constructed fringed banner with machine-stitched ribbon stripes, made to resemble a prayer shawl fragment, hangs from a wooden rod; it bears two Hebrew inscriptions above the stripes. W: 680mm. Worn.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SILK BANNER FROM HOLOCAUST.
Europe, ca. 1944.
summary
The upper inscription, in blood red letters, reads: "If I forget the exile; " the lower inscription, which is also included in the Passover Haggadah, is a quotation from Ezikiel 16:6: "And when I passed by thee, and saw thee wallowing in they blood, I said unto thee: In they blood, live..." (Note the verse reference is incorrect.)