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Re: Zitan or not?

Posted By: Tim
Posted Date: May 08, 2014 (09:06 PM)

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I do not believe this is zitan, but without a very close up photo of the surface of the wood, it is difficult to determine if this is wood that has been colored (darkened) to appear as zitan, or zitan.

First, the carving is not very good. Zitan has always been expensive, so nobody would waste good wood with a poor carving.

There are other woods that sink in water, however, if you put your item in water then something very important should have happened IF the wood is actually zitan.

The water would have turned RED. Zitan is famous for being used to create a red dye. Even my 18th c. table produced a red color on a damp cloth whenever I cleaned the surface.






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