Levirate Marriage Contract. Black ink on paper, Persian square Hebrew script, watercolor decorative borders in typical regional style.

AUCTION 2 | Tuesday, June 03rd, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal

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Lot 183

KETHUBAH.

Levirate Marriage Contract. Black ink on paper, Persian square Hebrew script, watercolor decorative borders in typical regional style.

Laid down, creased, marginal loss to one side unaffecting text. 355x450 mm

Kashan (Persia): 1st Teveth, 1905

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

Levirate Marriage is the union between a widow whose husband died without offspring, and the brother of the deceased (as prescribed in Deuteronomy 25:5-6). Such a marriage is a rare occurrence (due to the use of the Chalitzah ceremony) and is almost unknown in the 20th century.