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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 375290, member: 2844&quot;]I can see a lighter colour in the nicks on the back, but I can&#039;t see if it is luan. It looks very light yellowish brown, not reddish like luan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luan is from Malaysia and Indonesia. We call it by the Malay/Indonesian name of meranti (much nicer), I suspect luan could be the Chinese name for it.</p><p>The name is used for dozens of types of trees, all with wood with a reddish colour. It has been exported worldwide for a long time. Luan plywood has also been around for some time, so the painting could have been made anywhere.</p><p>This panel is rather open grain, if it is indeed luan that means it came from a younger tree. They started to harvest those when it became more difficult to find old trees.</p><p>The Netherlands has had quality control for luan since 1989, no young wood is allowed. It now has to be FSC certified as well.</p><p>I&#039;m sure many countries have the same, so if this was painted in a country with good quality control and certification, that could help to date it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if this is actually a factory painting, but in China, supplier of factory paintings, FSC certification is not yet compulsory. They are working on it, which is good news.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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