Bookshelf, late 17th century. Huang-hua-li hardwood, ebony (wu-mu) and tie-li-mu, 180.34 x 99.7 x 46.99 cm. Minneapolis Institute of Art,Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, 96.122a-c . The bookcase was commonly used in the scholar's study to store books and...

A tielimu tapered cabinet,18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams. The tapered tubular frame carved with a concave edge over four tapered stiles double lock tenoned into the top and square on the inside supporting framed single panel doors with central removable...

A large and massive tielimu plank top recessed trestle leg altar table. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Photo Florence Number Nine This spectacular table is the result of the carving of a single log of ‘mesua ferrea’ (tielimu): the only tree whose...