Auction 81 - The Wily Lindwer Collection
Wood and Stone Hanukkah Lamp – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1948
Opening: $800
Unsold
Hanukkah lamp made by a detainee in a Cyprus detention camp. Cyprus, ca. 1948.
Gypsum rock, chiseled and engraved; wood, sawed and painted.
Unique Hanukkah lamp, handmade by a detainee in one of the detention camps in Cyprus. The body of the lamp consists of a wooden panel inlaid in the middle with a large stone plaque, inscribed (Hebrew) "Cyprus 5708 [1948]", with a relief depicting a ship and a barbed wire fence. The row of crenellations-like candleholders, with the servant light in the middle, is positioned on top of the wooden panel. Lamp supported on stone base. All the stone pieces are attached and integrated harmoniously, seamlessly, and elegantly into the wood.
Height: 18 cm. Width: 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
Gypsum rock, chiseled and engraved; wood, sawed and painted.
Unique Hanukkah lamp, handmade by a detainee in one of the detention camps in Cyprus. The body of the lamp consists of a wooden panel inlaid in the middle with a large stone plaque, inscribed (Hebrew) "Cyprus 5708 [1948]", with a relief depicting a ship and a barbed wire fence. The row of crenellations-like candleholders, with the servant light in the middle, is positioned on top of the wooden panel. Lamp supported on stone base. All the stone pieces are attached and integrated harmoniously, seamlessly, and elegantly into the wood.
Height: 18 cm. Width: 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.
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