Elaborately Carved Chinese Zitan Rose Chairs
A pair of Chinese zitan rose chairs (Meiguiyi), the low backed chair panels are elaborately carved in a most dazzling fashion, in open work depicting coiled Quiongs flanking a central stylised Shou character in a medallion with the beaded edge, curvilinear aprons with carvings of confronting dragons
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- Zitan Wood - Zitan is the most expensive, and since ancient times, has been considered the most precious of woods.
Zitan wood is the hardest and heaviest of all hardwoods. It is purplish-black to black in colour, and with a grain so dense it is virtually invisible.
Zitan can usually only be obtained in quite narrow strips and so it is rare to find large pieces of furniture made from this wood. True Chinese rosewood is a variety of zitan and is very rare.
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