RARE LATE 19TH CENTURY SICILIAN ANTIQUE ITALIAN FOLK ART HANDCARVED & HANDPAINTED, INTRICATELY DECORATED WOODEN DONKEY CART SIDE PANEL, featuring THREE VERTICAL WOODEN WAGON POSTS with CARVED FIGURATIVE BUSTS of EMPERORS & featuring VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES of CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS FIGHTING ISLAMIC ARMIES, with BLACK PAINTED, HAND LETTERED SCRIPT DENOTING BATTLES in CHARACTERISTIC BRIGHT YELLOW, with RED, BLUE, GREEN, BLACK & WHITE EGG TEMPURA COLORS & SCALLOPED CARVINGS

[Decommissioned from the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, where this Sicilian donkey cart wagon side rail double panel had hung, proudly displayed there for decades, before being released by the museum and subsequently purchased. Found in a Greenwich, Connecticut finely appointed home. Outstanding and still in relatively well-preserved overall antique condition, considering it's now 130-150 years old and had been outside in the elements. A remarkable late 19th century Italian and specifically Sicilian antique cultural artifact. Wonderful. It has eyehooks and a hanging wire on the verso for easy wall hanging in your home or office. Outstanding.]

(Circa 1875-1900)

Late 19th century Sicilian antique Italian hand carved and hand painted wooden donkey cart/wagon side panels, featuring Roman battle scenes depicting Christian armies fighting Islamic forces

DIMENSIONS: 

23 ½" Height x 56" Length x 3" Depth  

Weight: 16 lbs.

DESCRIPTION:

Decommissioned from the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, where this Sicilian donkey cart wagon side rail double panel had hung, proudly displayed there for decades, before being released by the museum and subsequently purchased. Found in a Greenwich, Connecticut finely appointed home. Outstanding and still in relatively well-preserved overall antique condition, considering it's now 130-150 years old and had been outside in the elements. A remarkable late 19th century Italian and specifically Sicilian antique cultural artifact. Wonderful. It has eyehooks and a hanging wire on the verso for easy wall hanging in your home or office. Outstanding.

CONDITION:

Fair to Good overall antique condition.