Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

Ketubah – Sana, Iranian (Eastern) Kurdistan, 1929

Opening: $300
Unsold
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Moshe son of Aharon with the bride Rivka Hamdam daughter of Elias (?). Sana [Sanandij], Iranian Kurdistan, [1929]. The words of the ketubah are very faded and almost illegible. The ketubah is dated according to its documentation in the catalog “Yehudei Kurdistan” [Hebrew: Kurdistan Jews – Their Lifestyle, Traditions and Art], (the Israel Museum, 1981), p. 236. Particularly elegant frame, vegetal and architectural patterns in vivid colors: arched windows, a Star of David encompassing the word “Zion” and the (Hebrew) letters of Magen David inside an arch, vases of flowers and tendrils, peacocks and trees and various geometric patterns. 57X78 cm. Fair condition. Words of the Ketubah in faded ink. Two large open tears in the center, with damages to ornamentation. Additional tears to margins and folding lines. Stains. Framed (not examined out of frame).
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents