Chinese Hainan Huanghuali root carved Horse Zodiac sculpture 海南黄花梨根雕马本命年

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Chinese Hainan Huanghuali root of wood carved Horse Zodiac sculpture 海南黄花梨根雕12 生肖马本命年辟邪物. 典型海南黄花梨鬼眼鬼脸，久闻淡香，手感犹如熟透的柿子。
Hainan Huanghuali wood, exotic Chinese rosewood extinct 150 years ago, It was only produced in Hainan Island, South sea of China and was over harvested by Qing imperial authority.
This Horse Zodiac sculpture, net size 3.5"x2.5"x2.5" , net weight without wooden base 195 grams.  In excellent original condition.
Listed here for sale is a Horse sculpture,one of zodiacs，the wood was left over from
Hainan Huanghuali's root, 100% genuine founded and made in Hong kong or Canton 1950's. The surface of sculpture has pure natural tightly and curly grain and nuts since it came from the root, which grain and nuts appearance calle "Ghost face and eyes". It was fine carved and polished, by holding and rubbing on hand， just likes holding a soft persimmoms. This is why Huanghuali was often used as incense and its oil was made for perfume. Also carved as Zodiac sculpture to be a "exorcise evil spirits" to protect children, special while the year of own zodiac 本命年辟邪物！
Hainan Huanghuali is always called King of wood since earlier Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) and was top choice of Imperial Ming an Qing for making furniture and palace decoration. Due to over harvested at end of 1800's, it is an extinct luxury wood in China, and currently most Huanghuali wood are produced in Vietnam and Africa rarely, which are difference than Chinese Hainan Huanghuali wood.
黄花梨，中文学名：降香黄檀，别名：海南黄檀、海南黄花梨、花梨。蝶形花科，黄檀属，为豆科植物， 又称海南黄檀木、海南黄花梨木。原产地中国海南岛吊罗山尖峰岭低海拔的平原和丘陵地区，多生长在吊罗山海拔100米左右阳光充足的地方。因其成材缓慢、木质坚实、花纹漂亮，黄花梨木与紫檀，鸡翅木，铁力木并称中国古代四大名木。始终位列四大名木之一，现为国家二级保护植物。
据《中国树木志》记载，野生海南黄花梨产于海南岛上除万宁、陵水，五指山市以外的各市县，其中白沙、东方、昌江、乐东、三亚、海口为主要产区。它们一般生长于海拔350米以下的山坡上。名贵的海南黄花梨则主要生长在黎水地区，其中尤以昌江王下地区的海南黄花梨最为正宗。珍贵两广沿海，越南部分地区也有出产，海南产量曾几度远超其他地区。解放后，尤其是改革开放后，由于过度开采，产量大不如前。
黄花梨木色金黄而温润，心材颜色较深呈红褐色或深褐色，有屡角的质感。因为黄花梨木的木性极为稳定，不管寒暑都不变形、不开裂、不弯曲，有一定的韧性，能制作各种异形家具。
黄花梨木的比重较轻，比红木还要轻。黄花梨木纹理清晰，如行云流水，非常美丽。最特别的是，木纹中常见的有很多木疖，这些木疖亦很平整不开裂，呈现出狐狸头、老人头及老人头毛发等纹理，美丽可人，即为人们常说的“鬼脸儿”。