Decorated ketubah, on the marriage of Yeshaya Tzitoni with the bride Costantsa Castili.
Rome, November 25, 1888.
Ink and paint on parchment. Square Italian writing.
At the top of ketubah is the word "B'Echad" in a decorative frame, under the inscription "B'Simana tava u'vemazala ma'alya l'chatana u'l'kalat…". The frame is decorated with a bugle, flowers, a jug, a helmet of a Roman soldier and boats in the sea. On the bottom is an illustration of a basin leaning on spears and wooden supports, emitting fire and smoke.
Signed: Witnesses Mordechai Ya'akov Yoseph ben Avraham Yitzchak of Kapua and Shlomo Yehuda ben Avraham Yosef Perugia.
48.5X67.5 cm. Folding marks. Minor tears to margins. Stains, primarily to margins. Some of the illustrations were newly painted or their color was reinforced.

A carpet with the portrait of Theodor Herzl (facing right) and the Tower of David. [Produced by the weaving department of the Alliance School, Jerusalem, beginning of the 1920s].
60X160 cm. Fair-good condition. Most of the fringes are missing. On the upper reverse side an additional fabric sheet was glued, for hanging.

King Solomon with animals. Persia, [beginning of 20th century].
Enamel board, written, drawn and colored by hand.
Impressive illustration in bold colors, King Solomon sitting on an elaborate throne surrounded by many animals. At the top of the board is the verse "Go out and see, Daughters of Zion, King Solomon with the crown his mother coronated him on his wedding day and on the day his heart rejoiced"; frame ornamented with flowers and birds. Apparently, the illustration is a variation of a scene which appeared in illustrated editions of the national Persian epos" Shahnemeh" (by the poet Ferdowsi) of the 16th-17th century which presents King Solomon surrounded by animals.
15.5X23 cm. elaborate frame 29X36 cm. Not examined out of the frame.

"Cycle of Life" painting. Holland, [c. 1800].
Oil on wood.
In the center are two symmetrical staircases integrated into one unit, leading to a gate blocked by a low fence. Nine figures stand on the stairs, with their ages written on the stairs, from age ten until ninety, in intervals of ten years, from left to right.
The figures on the left side of the stairs are vivid and lively – young men dressed in red and brown garments, elaborate brim hats on their heads, one holding a dagger, the other a flag, the third wearing a cape.
The figures in the center of the staircases and the figures on the right side are dressed in black – men wearing round hats, their backs bent lower and lower, their beards turning whiter and whiter. In front of the left staircase stands a pregnant woman; at the bottom of the right staircase lies a dead person in shrouds.
81X54 cm. Good-fair condition. Painted on three wooden boards connected one to another and framed in original wooden frame.