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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage between Leah bat Eliahu and Yehezkiel ben Yosef, is decorated with a traditional Persian symbol,the half-moon face rising over lions. From Isfahan, 1860. Watercolour on paper, 93 x 68 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage bet...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Shiraz, Iran, 1925. Roses, birds and the traditional heraldic lions. Paper, 41,3 x 33 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract, from Shiraz, Iran, 1925. Roses, birds...

Ketubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Meshed, Iran, early 19th. Written in Arabic and Persian to conform to the customs of the Moslems of Meshed. There was always a secret ketubah written in Aramaic and Hebrew. Paper, 88 x 60 cm
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Ketubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Meshed, Iran, early 19th. Written in A...

Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the sabbath dinner, the festive meal after the synagogue service. Inscription: "and he said to me, this is the table that is before the Eternal". From Persia, embroidered with patchwork border. 88 cm in diameter.
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Sabbath cloth, a table cloth used during the sabbath dinner, the festive meal...

Shiviti, a plaque placed on the wall of synagogue or home to indicate East, the direction of prayer. This shiviti is for Purim, the feast commemorating the salvation of the Persian Jews from oppression by Haman. From Persia, paper and watercolour, 43 x 35 cm
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Shiviti, a plaque placed on the wall of synagogue or home to indicate East, t...

Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Queen Esther gives birth to King Cyrus, one of the many local additions to the original. Judeo-Persian epic, written 1322 by a Jewish poet from Shiraz. Paper, 164 leaves, 24,5 x 18,5 cm
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Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther read during the Purim festival. Quee...

Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the Persian Jews. Page from a Megillat Esther, the biblical Book Esther, read during the Purim festival. Judeo- Persian manuscript (Persian written in Hebrew letters)
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Queen Esther begs King Ahasver for clemency towards the Persian Jews. Page from...

Ark (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug, floral decorations, Star of David, Bible quotations. Embroidery on hand-quilted cotton, 114 x 76 cm
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Ark (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug...

Torah cases, or tikim. The "Tik" was used in oriental communities instead of a Torah mantle. From Iraq or Yemen (left) and Calcutta, India. Wood, 100 x 30 x 98 cm
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Torah cases, or tikim. The "Tik" was used in oriental communities instead of a...

Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage is decorated with a traditional Persian symbol,the half-moon rising over lions. From Persia. Watercolour on paper, 95 x 68 cm
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Ketubah, a Jewish marriage contract from Persia. This contract of marriage is...

Lion hunters. Polychrome silkweed from Syria.
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Lion hunters. Polychrome silkweed from Syria.

Ancient Persian rooster motif on a Byzantine or Persian silk.
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Ancient Persian rooster motif on a Byzantine or Persia...