Elaborate "Shiviti", with blessings for a wedding. [Fez, Morocco, early 20th century].
Ink and paint on paper.
Elaborate "Shiviti", presented as a wedding gift. The surface and borders are decorated with flowers and plants in shades of green-purple, with embossed golden decorations. In the center, within an inner frame, appear three rhombuses with wedding blessings; on the lower part a "LaMenatze'ach" Menorah surrounded by semi-circles with blessings for the "Menorah" owner; four domes appear in the four corners of the inner frame, with the names of Eliyahu HaNavi, Rashbi and Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess ("BeSiman Tov veHatzlacha" - written in the fourth dome).
36.5X29.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears, stains, creases and folding marks, with damages to text. Mounted on a paper leaf (old, damaged).
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.