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Chinese ‘dragon’ chest that family used to rest hats on sells for £110,000 in Stansted

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The rare casket was fashioned around 200 years ago in zitan, the prized and preferred wood of the Imperial Chinese workshops. The box came for sale at Sworders from a private vendor who inherited it from grandparents who lived in Bullwood Hall, Hockley, between 1930 and 1950. It attracted bids from China, Hong Kong and the UK.

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Chinese ‘dragon’ chest that family used to rest hats on sells for £110,000 in Stansted

The superbly-carved rare casket was fashioned around 200 years ago in zitan, the prized and preferred wood of the Imperial Chinese workshops.

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Bishop's Stortford Independent broke the news in on Thursday, November 16, 2023.
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