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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 355993, member: 118"]I’d think the truth is somewhere in the middle. </p><p>Russian lacquered boxes are usually(but not always) hinged and also usually with flat bottoms but not footed. And they would depict scenes from more traditional folk tales.</p><p>As to being Persian, I find the decoration and the drawing style not quite common for the region.</p><p>In my opinion the box was made in some of the former Russian republics from the Asian region, either during USSR times or after they went independent. Uzbekistan maybe?</p><p>It’s hard to pin the exact story the scene is depicting. Could be as suggested based onthe Aesob fable, or maybe from 1001 nights or tales about Nasreddin Hodja or other folk story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 355993, member: 118"]I’d think the truth is somewhere in the middle. Russian lacquered boxes are usually(but not always) hinged and also usually with flat bottoms but not footed. And they would depict scenes from more traditional folk tales. As to being Persian, I find the decoration and the drawing style not quite common for the region. In my opinion the box was made in some of the former Russian republics from the Asian region, either during USSR times or after they went independent. Uzbekistan maybe? It’s hard to pin the exact story the scene is depicting. Could be as suggested based onthe Aesob fable, or maybe from 1001 nights or tales about Nasreddin Hodja or other folk story.[/QUOTE]
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