Auction 20
Objects: Ceremonial Art and Objects
Dec 19, 2011
(your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 15:
Illustrated Parchment Ketuba - Ancona, 1886
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Start price:
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800
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Illustrated Parchment Ketuba - Ancona, 1886
Ketuba on the marriage of the "wonderful young man" Chizkiyahu ben Shlomo HaLevi, with the "dear and important" Leora bat Azarya ben Ya'akov. Ancona (Italy), 23rd of MarCheshvan 1886.
Scribal writing on thin processed parchment. Decorated in colored frame with leaf and floral ornamentation. The rabbis who signed as witnesses are: "Chizkiyahu of Pergola, witness", "Shlomo Moshe of Adumim, witness" (Rabbi Shlomo of Adumim, a rabbi in Ancona).
51 cm. Good-fair condition, folding marks and stains.
