Grace Wu Bruce - Chinese Furniture & Works of Art
Zitan is a tropical hardwood belonging to the genus Pterocarpus and the Leguminosae family, the bulk of it likely to be Pterocarpus indicus which grows in India, the Philippines, the Malay peninsula and China's Guangdong province. Art of Asia, November-December 1991, Classical Chinese Furniture in Tsu-T'an Wood

Four-post canopy bed I 0254045A*
Zitan wood
Chinese, 17th century

Width 211.3 cm (83 3/16")
Depth 141 cm (55 1/2")
Height 228 cm (89 3/4")
Seat Height 52.4 cm (20 5/8")


Kang table 0136120
Zitan wood
Chinese, 17th century

Width 64.1 cm (25 1/4")
Depth 42.9 cm (16 7/8")
Height 27.5 cm (10 13/16")


Cloud shaped spandrel pingtouan table 0441109
Zitan wood
Chinese, 16th - 17th century

Width 110.8 cm (43 3/4")
Depth 40.6 cm (16")
Height 79.8 cm (31 7/16")


Kang table I 9075099
Zitan wood
Chinese, 17th-18th century

Width 99.3 cm (39 1/8")
Depth 34.9 cm (13 3/4")
Height 33.6 cm (13 1/4")