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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 10201919, member: 4654"]Yup, that is exactly how someone who isn't that experienced in recognising early Khatam can tell, it's never on late pieces and nearly always on early pieces. There are other indicators such as fineness of work, materials used, state of lacquer, design, ect. I don't know the exact history of production but it seems to me there are 3 stages, early as above, middle as pictured and late that most have seen.[ATTACH=full]509874[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 10201919, member: 4654"]Yup, that is exactly how someone who isn't that experienced in recognising early Khatam can tell, it's never on late pieces and nearly always on early pieces. There are other indicators such as fineness of work, materials used, state of lacquer, design, ect. I don't know the exact history of production but it seems to me there are 3 stages, early as above, middle as pictured and late that most have seen.[ATTACH=full]509874[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]
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