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- noun The Chinese tree Dalbergia oderifera, or the wood of this tree, which is often used in Chinese
woodworking .
Etymologies
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Known as huanghuali, the smooth, hardwood furniture is modern, with simple lines and superb craftsmanship.
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This purple sandalwood from China was often used for palace decor because it is harder than huanghuali.
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Auction house China Guardian sold a huanghuali daybed for $2.1 million last fall, then sold another for a record $4.6 million this spring.
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Outlook : Europeans and wealthy collectors in Hong Kong began buying Chinese huanghuali pieces in the 1920s as souvenirs.
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About three years ago, collectors in Beijing came in for a closer look, and now top huanghuali chairs can sell for up to $500,000 each.
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Later, Tang rulers upgraded chair designs to include cut-out carvings and yoke-style backs; by the time of the Ming, furniture carved in boxy, polished shapes from slow-growth tropical trees like the huanghuali "yellow flowering pear" filled just about every room in the new Forbidden City.
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Ten years ago, Mr. Wong sold good-quality pairs of 17th century huanghuali hardwood armchairs for $20,000.
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China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 1762 nephrite, gilding, and huanghuali wood crowcollection. com protesters stepped up security at their base in an upmarket Bangkok shopping center on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.
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China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 1762 nephrite, gilding, and huanghuali wood crowcollection. com protesters stepped up security at their base in an upmarket Bangkok shopping center on Saturday, a week after bloody clashes with security forces killed 24 people.
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Leading off the sale of Fine Chinese Furniture, Works of Art and Carpets from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections is a fine group of approximately 40 lots of Chinese Furniture conceived mostly of huanghuali wood and dating to the 17th and 18th centuries (late M.ng and early Qing dynasties).
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