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How to identify Chinese antique furniture?
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How to identify Chinese antique furniture--Huanghuli wood
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Background of Huanghuli wood:
The Chinese term huanghuali literally means "yellow flowering pear" wood. It is a member of the rosewood family and is botanically classified as Dalbergia odorifera. In pre-modern times the wood was known as huali or hualu. The modifier huang(yellowish-brown) was added in the early twentieth century to describe old huali wood whose surfaces had mellowed to a yellowish tone due to long exposure to light.
The most qualified huanghuli furniture was made during Mid Ming dynasty and late Qianlong Emperor of Qing dynasty. Since mid Qing dynast, the materials of huanghuali became less and less to almost dispear. So the furniture made of huanghuali was not produced any more. Till now few huanghuali furniture left. It's the most precious and expensive member of furniture family at present.
Huanghuali furniture can usually be classified as Beds; tables; chairs.
Beds: frame bed, babu bed, arhat bed
Tables: square table, strip table
Chairs: folder chair, cap chair, hanging chair, round chair.
Beds classified:
There are three kinds of beds: frame bed, bubu bed and arhat bed.
They can be sold at 20 to 40 hundred thousand USD or higher per piece in the internationl market.
This piece is an imitation.
There is no natual old evidence nor a thin sheet of film. So we can know that it was made in late time or present replicas.
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Chinese Dynasty:
CHINESE DYNASTIES & REIGNS
THREE DYNASTIES
(HSIA, SHANG AND CHOU) 2205 - 221 B.C.
CHIN 221 - 207 B.C.
HAN 06 B.C. - 220 A.D.
THREE KINGDOM 220 - 264 A.D.
SIX DYNASTIES 265 - 588 A.D.
SUI 589 - 617 A.D.
TANG 618 - 906 A.D.
FIVE DYNASTIES 907 - 959 A.D.
SUNG 960 - 1279 A.D.
YUAN 1280 - 1367 A.D.
MING 1368 - 1643 A.D.
HUNG WU 1368 - 1398
CHIEN WEN 1399 - 1402
YUNG LO 1403 - 1424
HUNG HSI 1425 -
HSUAN TE 1426 - 1435
CHENG TUNG 1436 - 1449
CHING TAI 1450 - 1456
TIEN SHUN 1457 - 1464
CHENG HUA 1465 - 1487
HUNG CHI 1488 - 1505
CHENG TE 1506 - 1521
CHIA CHING 1522 - 1566
LUNG CHING 1567 - 1572
WAN LI 1573 - 1620
TAI CHANG 1620 -
TIEN CHI 1621 - 1627
CHUNG CHENG 1628 - 1643
CHING 1644 - 1911 A.D.
SHUN CHI 1644 - 1661
KANG HSI 1662 - 1722
YUNG CHENG 1723 - 1735
CHIEN LUNG 1736 - 1796
CHIA CHING 1796 - 1820
TAO KUANG 1821 - 1850
HSIEN FENG 1851 - 1861
TUNG CHI 1862 - 1874
KUANG HSU 1875 - 1908
HSUAN TUNG 1908 - 1911
MINGUAO 1911 - 1949
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How to identify Ming Antique Furniture
Materials: The imitations often use less qualified wood. For Ming furniture, hard wood like rosewood, sandalwood, teak ect. are often used.
The panel thickness of real one is at least 1.5cm and the fake is only 0.5cm or less. If you knock on them, the sound is different. The fake sounds more clear and harsh.
Also for Ming furniture, a big piece of wood is often used to make a small part ignoring the cost of wood and work time. For imitations, to save cost, pieces of wood are often put together.
Craft work: Ming furniture is made carefully with good craft work curve, flow and design. It's just not furniture but a piece of craft . Most of replicas can not have such spirit of old ones, just the shape of Ming furniture.
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