Measurements: Height: 36.5 cm, Width: 22cm Pair of Chinese Zitan Stationery Cabinets. The highly valued Zitan hardwood carved into a Chinese traditional architectural shape. With many box and arranged in square, rectangle and cylindrical structure. Have a opening by panel doors. The cabinet carved with wanzi motief, scrolling ruyi and auspicious pattern. It has distinctive form and elegant ornamentation. It is intact, with exquisite mortise-tenon technique. Zitan is an extremely dense wood which sinks in water. It is a member of the Zitan family and is botanically classified in the Pterocarpus genus. The lumber is blackish-purple in hue, and its fibers are loaded with deep red pigments which have been used for dye throughout the ages. The entirety is encased in amazing relief carving which gives this throne a captivating appearance.