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Just a super quick update post since the folks at Chine Gallery<\/strong> in Hong Kong have been keeping me quite busy <\/span>these days. Though with lots of cool things there to look into like this 18th century cinnabar lacquer box<\/strong> from Beijing can you blame me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On to the latest “record price” headline, this one picked up from the BBC<\/a>. Whats amazing is the guy walked in with the vase stuffed inside a cardboard box!!!<\/p>\n

Cardboard box Chinese Ming vase ‘may fetch \u00a31m<\/h3>\n

A blue and white Chinese Ming Dynasty vase that arrived at a Dorset auction house in a cardboard box is expected to sell for more than 1 million.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The 11.5in (29cm) vase is the largest ever recorded from a rare group of early Ming “moonflasks” from 1403-1424, Duke and Son auction house<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

The Dorchester-based firm said it was believed to be one of the most exciting works of art to come to light in years.<\/p>\n

The seller, a retired Cadbury’s worker aged 79, does not wish to be named.<\/p>\n

‘Spectacular find’<\/p>\n

A Duke’s spokesperson said the man “lives modestly and has been interested in antiques for many years”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Guy Schwinge, of Duke’s, said: “When my colleague initially showed me what had arrived in a cardboard box I could not believe my eyes.<\/p>\n

“The vase is in perfect condition and it is amazing to think that it has survived unscathed for almost 600 years”.<\/p>\n

Duke’s consultant for Chinese Works of Art is Anthony du Boulay, a scholar and author, who said the vase was “a spectacular find”.<\/p>\n

The vase will be sold at auction in May.<\/em><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-dorset-12355404<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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