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Subject:Re: Huanghuali Altar Table
Posted By: Kirk Sat, Jul 02, 2016
Yes,
I concur with Marcus on this being elm.
It is very possibly Sothern Elm, one would assume this to be the case given the works Suzhuo manner, (& from whence the finest of, non imperial, Chinese furniture comes) but it is not really possible to distinguish between that and Northern Elm on the basis of these images.
Jumu is distinctive from it's counterpart Yumu / Northern Elm, in it's density. Jumu being the finer / more dense of the two. It should have fine flecks across the quarter cut surface.
If it does not have these it is Yumu.
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