Marriage contract on vellum

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(KETHUBAH)

printer

Shevat

Place

Aleppo

Publication

1852

Description

Text in black ink, Sephardic square and cursive Hebrew scripts. Key words in large square colored script. Text within rectangular frame set within double textual border of Biblical passages describing marriage in large, square ornamental letters in red and green inks on three sides. Triangular shaped upper margin with textual border with crown form decoration within

summary

Kethuboth from Aleppo are uncommon

Few light stains in places, small hole at bottom of text panel, small hole slightly affecting textual border, marginal loss to upper textual border. Framed. 280x510m

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