Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Decorated Ketubah - Amadiya, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1903

Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom, Manoach ben Mordecai [?], and the bride, Rachel bat Noach Rakda. Amadiya, Iraqi Kurdistan, Tevet 5663 [1903].
Frame decorated with vegetal and geometric motifs, some of them colored red and light brown. At the bottom are the witnesses' signatures.
31X44.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks. Some tears (mostly to margins and folding lines). Stains.
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents