Kethubah [Marriage Contract] ON VELLUM

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $2,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(INDIAN JUDAICA)

Place

Bombay

Publication

1868

Description

Large Sephardic script within decorative border with pillars and garlands, two cherubs at top blowing trumpets with the words “kol sasson ve- kol simcha” emanating, with image of a harp esconced in a Magen David. With four signatures including the bridegroom in Hebrew and one in English (“M. S. Gindell, Rabbi of Bombay”)

summary

The monetary obligations in this kethubah are enumerated in Rupees

Text in black and brown ink. 14 3/4 x 9 inches

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