KHATAM MARQUETRY ON Copper Pair of Vase

Description

Khatamkari the Persian Style Marquetry is the incrustation pattern, generally star-shaped, with thin sticks of beech or Ziziphus wood, brass for golden parts and camel bones for white parts.

The Sticks are assembled in triangular beams and glued to create a cylinder. The cross-section is now a six-branch star which is cut, compressed and dried between two wooden plates, before being sliced for the last time, in 1 mm wide sections.

• Height: 20cm
• Materials:
  Khatam on Copper
  Khatam on Wood on Outside, thin sticks of wood, copper (for golden parts), camel bones (white parts)
• Usage:
  flower vase, decorative craf, Persian gift