Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Ubaranda
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Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Hi all!
Help me please with attribution of this oriental box - what country, what age, who is maker?
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Hello

Looks Persian

The text is upside down but, if you flip it, the lower word looks like اصفهان (Isfahan) with the first and last letters missing.

The type of script also looks Persian although I can't make out particular words

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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Hello Damon!
Many thanks for your reply! And what is written inside the star?
Regards. Alex.
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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Hello Alex

I am not sure what "star" refers to

The image which you posted with the script is upside down

If you invert it then the top portion (the arc) has script which is Persian but only a couple pf letters are clear and I don't know what it says

The lower portion (not sure how to describe its shape) has, I believe, Isfahan (minus the first and last letters)

Hope this helps and apologies if I have misunderstood your question

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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Hello Damon!
Thank you very much for your comprehensive answer and for your help!
I wish you all the best!
Alex.
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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Thank you Alex

Definitely Isfahan. In one of your images we can find the missing letters of the city name اصفهان . The initial "alef" is the vertical line below the letters and the final "nun" is the "bowl with a dot" above the letters.

One word in the "arc" is much clearer. کارگران translates as "workers". There may be a translation of "made by hand" or similar but my knowledge of Persian is quite rudimentary so I defer to others.

Hope this helps

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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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ALEKS, Damon - many thanks for useful information!
Regards.
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Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)

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Aleks

My apologies for misspelling your name

Damon
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