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Bidding Information
Lot #    4880
Auction End Date    6/25/2003 11:00:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Kettubah
Title (Hebrew)    כתובה
Author    [Ms. - Illuminated]
City    Isfahan, Persia
Publication Date    1913
Item of
Exceptional
Interest		    Checked
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 778:742 mm., light browning, minor fading of color, creased of folds, small tear in edges, tape repairs to rear of panel.
          
Paragraph 1    Ink on paper, decorated in distinctive Isfahan decorative program.
          
Detailed
Description		    The marriage of the groom Sholom b. Isaac with the bride Hannah b. Joseph (Ka'tz) on Friday, 23rd of Iyar 5673 (1913). Kettubah is set in an outer border of orange strips of paper affixed to large page. Page is divided into two sections with the text appearing in the lower. The upper is decorated with a pair of peacocks and floral motifs on the background of a familiar Islamic multifoil arch, outlined in blue. In the center is a flowering cypress tree flanked by two large lions, behind which the sun rises with alternating green and dark red rays. The symmetrical composition of the panel is enhanced by floral motifs in orange and blue, which decorate the yellow spandrels at the upper two corners as well.
          
Reference
Description		    Sabar p. 334
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Iran
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Ketubot:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica