Marriage Contract

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(KETHUBAH).

Place

Isfahan, (Persia)

Publication

14th Nissan, 1923

Description

Persian cursive Hebrew script in black ink. Within brightly colored decorative border with a distinctive Persian design incorporating peacocks, cypresses and floral motifs richly scattered throughout. Upper portion above the text, displays the national emblem of Persia - two lions behind which, the rising sun is depicted with a human visage. All accomplished in red, black and green inks, the whole within a textual frame.

references

cf. Sabar 220

summary

It is interesting to note that this marriage took place on the eve of Passover.

Colored inks on paper. 25.5 x 20.5 inches. Stained in places, some colors slightly faded, some repair. Not examined out of frame.

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