Chinese Ink Stone and Carved Scroll Weights
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- 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.
Visually similar items
A Continental silver and tortoiseshell trinket box, late 19th century, the oval hinged box having a tortoiseshell base and lid overlaid with a finely pierced geometric floral design inlaid with mother of pearl, total weight 28gr. Height 1 cm. Length 6 cm.
An 18ct white gold diamond ring; pave set with 141 round brilliant and single cut diamonds totalling approx. 1.7ct. Size N. Weight 9.4g
Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a fish motif in white on an orange ground, mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm
Richard Parker, five unglazed pieces of earthenware, 1980s, varying sizes