Shashka mostlikely Bukharan

AJ1356 · 20th July 2011, 02:28 PM

Gav, that is a beautiful collection you have, I have seen the one with the blue velvet cover before, probably on this forum.
Alex, the reason the dealers in Afghanistan claim things as Safawi is ofcourse they want to get a higher price, but mainly is because they don't know any better, they ones i have talked to tell me of most items that they just know if it is fake or real. As far as putting an age ro era they are pretty much lost. Most know nothing about antiques they have just fallen into the trade by chance, go figure.

20th July 2011, 02:28 PM	#10
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	Gav, that is a beautiful collection you have, I have seen the one with the blue velvet cover before, probably on this forum. Alex, the reason the dealers in Afghanistan claim things as Safawi is ofcourse they want to get a higher price, but mainly is because they don't know any better, they ones i have talked to tell me of most items that they just know if it is fake or real. As far as putting an age ro era they are pretty much lost. Most know nothing about antiques they have just fallen into the trade by chance, go figure.