Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Chiseled Stone Plaque Set in Wood – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947/1948
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Chiseled stone plaque made by a detainee in the Cyprus detention camps, 5708 (1947/1948).
The plaque is divided in two by a diagonal barbed wire carved in the stone. Seen on the right side are barbed wire wound around a pole and a tin shack; seen on the left is a ship sailing eastward towards the rising sun. Inscribed on top "Cyprus – 5708" (Hebrew). Set in a wooden plaque.
Stone plaque: 11X8 cm. Wooden base: 18X12.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to stone and wood.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The plaque is divided in two by a diagonal barbed wire carved in the stone. Seen on the right side are barbed wire wound around a pole and a tin shack; seen on the left is a ship sailing eastward towards the rising sun. Inscribed on top "Cyprus – 5708" (Hebrew). Set in a wooden plaque.
Stone plaque: 11X8 cm. Wooden base: 18X12.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes to stone and wood.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel
Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine, Illegal Immigration, British Detention Camps, the State of Israel