Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
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Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Shlomo son of Moshe with the bride Sarah daughter of Yitzchak. Yazd, Adar Rishon 1872. Decorated with characteristic adornments of Shiviti. At the top is the inscription “Shiviti Hashem L’Negdi Tamid”, above three micrographic menorahs formed with the words of the Ana B’Ko’ach prayer and two Psalms. Above the two outer menorahs is G-d’s name (using the technique of coloring the space inside the letters). Between the menorahs are two more micrographic adornments, with various verses. The frame is made of half-circles composed of verses of Tehillim and Mishlei, some in acronyms. At the bottom is the Tosefet Ketubah in Judeo-Persian. Among the signatures is “Yosef son of R’ Or” [descendant of the Or Shraga and a Yazed sage]. 45X60 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks. Tears, some with restorations. Stains. Minor damage to text.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom David son of Yitzchak with the bride Leah daughter of Agai the Cohen. Yazd, Tishrei 1879. Frame adorned with a zigzag stripe and flowers in various shades of green. At the bottom – Tosefet Ketubah in Judeo-Persian. Among the signatures: (Rabbis, descendants of the Or Shraga): “Moshe son or R’ Yitzchak” and “Yosef son of R’ Or”. 35.5X62.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears with damage to text. Stains and dampness. Mounted on paper. Framed (not examined out of frame).
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Asher son of Meir Isfahune with the bride Kamar daughter of Yechezkel (?) Ibn Yitzchak. Teheran, Tishrei 1902. Elaborate ketubah. Made of rectangular frames. Geometric and vegetal adornments decorate the top and right margins. 43.5X75.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Few tears. Stains, creases and wear.
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![Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Zecharya’u son of [---] with the bride Karshid Kanem. Teheran, Sivan 1893. Ornate](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale49-public/718.JPG "Ketubah – Teheran, 1893")
Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Zecharya’u son of [---] with the bride Karshid Kanem. Teheran, Sivan 1893. Ornate ketubah. Made of rectangular frames. Geometric and vegetal adornments decorate the top and right margins. Four circles adorned with silver ink surround blessings and verses. 39X73 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Tears to folding marks, reinforced with (acidic) tape on verso.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
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).
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![Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Ovadya son of Shmuel Kadadad with the bride [--] daughter of Yehoshua. Khunsar, I](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale49-public/720.jpg "Ketubah – Khunsar, Iran, 1914")
Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Ovadya son of Shmuel Kadadad with the bride [--] daughter of Yehoshua. Khunsar, Iran, Sivan 1914. Large format. Margins adorned with blessing and reddish floral illustrations. Silver striped ornamentation and Persian stamps in Arabic letters. 44X85 cm. Mounted on cardboard. Creases, tears (primarily to folding lines) with damage to text. Stains and wear. Framed (not examined out of frame).
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Unsold
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Yair son of Saliman with the bride Rengin Nagar daughter of Chaim. [Tuyserkan?, Iran] on the Gazandar River. Sivan 1911. Adorned with green, red and gold colors. Rectangular frames. At the top is a cartouche-shaped decoration. On the right are three more cartouches with various verses. 35X44 cm. Fair-poor condition. Mounted on a paper leaf. Coarse tears to the folding marks and stains, with damage to text.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom “Cana Brar Yunsi Gichon Abadi” son of Mashiach with the bride “Doshiza Meloch Geula” daughter of Mashiach. Hamadan (“Shushan HaBirah”, Iran), Shevat 1948. Red-ink adornments surrounding the text of the ketubah, made with wood-blocks: “B’Simana Tava for this ketubah” and floral ornamentation, some decorated with golden ink. 35.5X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Creases. Dampstains with light ink smears. Wear and tears to folding marks and margins.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Eliyahu son of David with the bride Esther daughter of Asher. Isfahan, Tevet 1861. Especially large format. Adorned with illustrations of lions, birds and peacocks, cypress trees, the sun and flowers. The motif of a lion with half a sun in the shape of a man’s face is a Persian national symbol. On the margins of the ketubah words in the illustrator’s signature: “The artist and writer Moshe son of R’ Yeshua”. At the bottom is a Tosefet Ketubah from 1887. 70X92 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, creases and stains, tears to folding lines and to margins.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $250
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Yissachar son of Asher with the bride Esther daughter of Eliyahu. Isfahan, Tishrei 1874. Colored ornaments of arches, flowers, a cypress tree and a pair of birds. 48.5X69 cm. Fair condition. Creases, many tears to folding lines, with damage to text and to illustrations. Stains. Wear and tears to margins. Restored with glued paper on verso.
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
1. Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Yosef son of Yeshua with Dinah daughter of Menachem. Isfahan, Tishrei 1931. Typical Isfahan ketubah, with three Stars of David encompassing the word Zion. 66X70 cm. Good condition. Tears to margins and folding lines. Paper mounting on verso. Stains. 2. Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Nechemya Yom Tubiyan son of Mordechai with Miriam Aharoniyan daughter of Mordechai. Isfahan, Tishrei 1938. Typical Isfahan ketubah, with three Stars of David encompassing the word Zion and the (Hebrew) letters of the words Magen David. 70X76 cm. Fair condition. Creases. Tears with damage to text. Stains and ink smears. Many tape repairs on the verso. 3. Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Yochanan the son of Yitzchak with Machtaram daughter of Fraj El’a. Isfahan, Iran, the 13th of Tevet 1942. Typical Isfahan ketubah, with a pair of peacocks and a cypress tree. At the top are three Stars of David encompassing the word Zion. 58.5X63 cm. Fair condition. Creases. Tears to folding lines. Stains. Framed (not examined out of the frame).
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Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art
January 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Aharon son of Yitzchak with the bride Devorah daughter of Moshe. Kutaisi, Georgia, Tamuz 1934. Crowned with an illustration of the Tablets of the Law with the inscription “… Chatan al Kallah…”. Flanked by a pair of birds. Linear frame with blessings. Glued colored flower decorations. 55X80 cm. Fair condition. Large (open) tear to upper right corner. Creases and folding marks. Stains. Framed (not examined out of frame).
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