Description

20th century heavily hand-carved camphorwood Chinese blanket chest trunk.  Well carved with great detail. Overall in good original condition.

Age: 20th Century C. 1950’s
Dimensions: 41″ long x 25″ high x 20″ deep

Camphora officinarum is a species of evergreen tree indigenous to warm temperate to subtropical regions of East Asia, including countries such as China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It is known by various names, most notably the camphor tree, camphorwood.