Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana

Illustrated Ketubah – Isfahan, 1874

Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
"B'Simana Tava U'Vemazala Ya'e "– Ketubah on the occasion of the marriage of the groom Moshe ben Yitzchak with the bride Miriam bat Yosef. Isfahan (Persia), 1874.
A large Ketubah, color illustrations, with ornamentation and motifs characteristic of the region and the times: birds, peacocks and flowers.
To demonstrate their faithfulness to the country, Persian Jews used to adorn their ketubot with the emblem of the Persian rule: a lion in front of a rising sun. This Ketubah has two illustrations of lions, one opposite the other, for symmetry. Behind each lion is a sun with a human face.
65X69 cm. Placed in a frame. Good-fair condition. Not examined out of frame.
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