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LOT 154:
Decorated Parchment Ketubah - Ceneda (Vittorio Veneto) - Italy, 1774
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Decorated Parchment Ketubah - Ceneda (Vittorio Veneto) - Italy, 1774
Ketubah recording the marriage of the groom Yosef ben Yehuda Pincherle with the bride Rachel bat Yitzchak Pincherle. Ceneda, (today Vittorio Veneto), Italy, Nissan, 1774.
Handwritten on parchment, (with cut margins), decorated with multicolored vegetal decorations and rocailles typical of the period. The top of the ketubah is decorated with a large medallion containing an unusual illustration of Jonah emerging from the jaws of the fish. Only two other ketubot from Ceneda are known; one from 1781 and one from 1790.
See: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1971, vol. 10, color plate 9, col. 940. Dimensions: 64X52 cm. Fair-good condition (Stains and fold lines, Several tears and holes in the margins, Slight damage to paint and ink. Remainders of adhesive tape on the reverse).
