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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9420827, member: 2844&quot;]Ditto.</p><p>Charming though the box is, it looks to me like an example of the lower quality during later years of the Qajar dynasty. The demands of early tourism led to lesser craftspeople setting up business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most old and antique items looked more beautiful before, and as I said, this one has had a hard life.</p><p>The gold is brass, used a lot in khatamkari. Real gold was not used, and would never be used on a souvenir box like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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