[Marriage Contract]. Illuminated manuscript in Hebrew, composed in a Persian Hebrew cursive hand on paper. Uniting the groom, Yoseph ben Abraham, with the bride, Dina bat Hezkia.

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(KETHUBAH).

printer

5th Nissan

Place

Shiraz, (Persia)

Publication

1840

Description

Text within a square panel surmounted and surrounded by the text of the Priestly blessing and decorative borders with a distinctive Persian design of colorful rectangular blocs. The colors orange, purple and green predominating in floral and leafy motifs, incorporating pheasants at top and bottom.

summary

Shiraz is a town located some 600 miles south of Teheran. See L. D. Loeb, The Jewish Wedding in Modern Shiraz in: Folklore Research Center Studies, Vol. IV (1974) pp. 167-76.

Few slight tears. Framed. 19.5 x 27 inches.

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