Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Gershom ben Mordecai Mizrahi, and the bride, Malka bat Ya'akov Halevi of Tunes [Tunis, Tunisia]. Jaffa, [1888].
Oriental script. Delicate frame of wavy lines decorated with colorful leaves. Additional decoration on top frame. On the bottom are the signatures of the groom and the witnesses.
27.5X38 cm. Fair condition. Creases, tears and folding marks, some with damage to text. Dark stains.
Oriental script. Delicate frame of wavy lines decorated with colorful leaves. Additional decoration on top frame. On the bottom are the signatures of the groom and the witnesses.
27.5X38 cm. Fair condition. Creases, tears and folding marks, some with damage to text. Dark stains.
Category
Ketubot and marriage documents
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Avraham ben Shlomo Halevi, and the bride, Sarah bat HaChacham Menashe Mizrahi. Damascus, Syria, Tammuz 5661 [1901].
Handwritten on paper, in cursive Oriental script. At the bottom are the signatures of the witnesses - "Ezra HaCohen Trav" and "Ya'akov Yosef Harari".
35X49.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Some tears (mostly to margins and folding lines). Stains.
Handwritten on paper, in cursive Oriental script. At the bottom are the signatures of the witnesses - "Ezra HaCohen Trav" and "Ya'akov Yosef Harari".
35X49.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Some tears (mostly to margins and folding lines). Stains.
Category
Ketubot and marriage documents
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Yahuda ben Eliezer HaCohen, and the bride, Miriam bat Yitzhak Cohen. Yazd, Persia, Adar Bet, 5592 [1832].
Handwritten on blue paper. The blessings at the top are arranged in a triangle shape.
At the bottom is an addition written in Judeo-Persian in semi-cursive script, and the witnesses' signatures (including the signature of Rabbi Yitzhak son of Rabbi Moshe Or Shraga, one of the outstanding Torah scholars of Yazd).
On the reverse of the ketubah is a contract detailing the couple's property, from 1872, in the handwriting, signature and stamp of Rabbi Yosef Or Shraga (the rabbi of Yazd, a descendant of Rabbi Mullah Or Shraga), in Judeo-Persian.
29.5X43 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many tears (some restored with paper pastings), with damage to text and missing pieces. Stains (some dark), folding marks and wear.
Handwritten on blue paper. The blessings at the top are arranged in a triangle shape.
At the bottom is an addition written in Judeo-Persian in semi-cursive script, and the witnesses' signatures (including the signature of Rabbi Yitzhak son of Rabbi Moshe Or Shraga, one of the outstanding Torah scholars of Yazd).
On the reverse of the ketubah is a contract detailing the couple's property, from 1872, in the handwriting, signature and stamp of Rabbi Yosef Or Shraga (the rabbi of Yazd, a descendant of Rabbi Mullah Or Shraga), in Judeo-Persian.
29.5X43 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many tears (some restored with paper pastings), with damage to text and missing pieces. Stains (some dark), folding marks and wear.
Category
Ketubot and marriage documents
Catalogue
Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Remains of illustrated ketubah for the marriage of the groom, David ben Yosef Ezra Yosef, and the bride, Hanna bat Eliyahu Avraham. Basra, [1827].
Handwritten on paper and decorated with colorful decorations. Enclosed is a letter addressed to Lady Ezra [Rachel Ezra (Sassoon), wife of Rabbi David Ezra from India, daughter of Solomon David Sassoon and sister of the collector David Solomon Sassoon] indicating the ketubah belongs to David Cohen.
Approx. 27X42.5 cm. Poor condition. Many tears, with damage to text. Dampstains, with damage to text and illustrations. Enclosed are torn and damaged pieces of the upper ketubah illustrations.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
Handwritten on paper and decorated with colorful decorations. Enclosed is a letter addressed to Lady Ezra [Rachel Ezra (Sassoon), wife of Rabbi David Ezra from India, daughter of Solomon David Sassoon and sister of the collector David Solomon Sassoon] indicating the ketubah belongs to David Cohen.
Approx. 27X42.5 cm. Poor condition. Many tears, with damage to text. Dampstains, with damage to text and illustrations. Enclosed are torn and damaged pieces of the upper ketubah illustrations.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.
Category
Ketubot and marriage documents
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Persian-Muslim marriage contract. Iran (no city noted), December 1874 / January 1875.
Decorated and colorful marriage contract, in a style characteristic of similar Iranian marriage contracts of the period.
At the top of the document are two signatures in Hebrew: "Chakham Or" [probably a member of the family of Rabbi Or Shraga of Yazd] and "Tza'ir Moshe ben Eliyahu".
42.5X69 cm. Fair condition. Mounted on cardboard. Tears, missing pieces, with slight damage to text. Folding marks, creases, stains and wear.
Decorated and colorful marriage contract, in a style characteristic of similar Iranian marriage contracts of the period.
At the top of the document are two signatures in Hebrew: "Chakham Or" [probably a member of the family of Rabbi Or Shraga of Yazd] and "Tza'ir Moshe ben Eliyahu".
42.5X69 cm. Fair condition. Mounted on cardboard. Tears, missing pieces, with slight damage to text. Folding marks, creases, stains and wear.
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Ketubot and marriage documents
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