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Illustrated Ketubah – Persia, 1920

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Illustrated Ketubah – Persia, 1920
Ketubah recording the marriage of Mordechai ben Avraham with his bride Canus bat Yosef. Isfahan, Kislev 1920.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
the ketubah is adorned with colorful illustrations characteristic to Persian ketubot: lions, birds, cypress tree, the sun and flowers. Verses frame the text of the ketubah. the motif of a lion with a half-sun shaped like a human face is one of the Persian national symbols and appears on many ketubot from this region.
63X67 cm. Fair-poor condition, tears and dampstaining (with lack). Stains, folding marks and wear. Professional restoration.