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Description:
Ref: H101 Research.
Papier mâché  box  painted with as yet unidentified scenes of battle  from mid  to late 19th C, between French and English.  Calligraphy in  Arabic script. This is a research project. More information will be added as it becomes available. please write to research@hygra.com if you know any of the scenes.  The bridge at one end of the box is clearly iconic! It is the Bridge of Sighs in Venice the "Ponte dei Sospiri". The bridge was built in the 17th C by Antonio Contino connects the Old Prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. Lord Byron is credited with giving this name in the 19th C.

I now have rough translation of some of the Persian caligraphy:

"... the war between British (army) in Hengan(?) -never heard- port and china army waiting towards the sea... "

"the war between British and non British in Portsmouth which is a village in England something something from sea..." cant read that bit

Origin: Persia ;  Circa: 1850 +/-; Materials: Papier mâché.

Size: cm wide by cm by cm:   inches wide by   inches by   inches.

Condition:  see images

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The painting depicts what is now known as the Bridge of Sighs in Venice the "Ponte dei Sospiri". The bridge was built in the 17th C by Antonio Contino connects the Old Prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. Lord Byron is credited with  giving  this name in the 19th C.

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