"Song of Songs", original work by the artist Raphael Avraham Shalem.
Ink on paper. Signed: "Raphael A. Shalem".
The inscription "Song of Songs" [Shir HaShirim] appears within a heraldic shield, under which appears a rose; frame consisting of roses (flowers, branches and leaves).
The artist Raphael Avraham Shalem (R"ASH) was born in Thessaloniki in 1888. Studied in "Bezalel" during the 1910s and later worked there as a teacher.
Length: 34 cm, width: 24 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Frame 50X40 cm, not examined out of frame.