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A Chinese enamel box bought for £19 at a London auction in 1946 has sold for £288,000 after being rediscovered in a family attic, where it had remained largely unnoticed for decades. asserted

it → buy → decades

The 15th-century object, known as a cloisonné pomegranate box, went under the hammer at Dreweatts auction house in Berkshire with an estimate of £6,000 to £10,000. asserted

object → know → 10,000

Competitive bidding pushed the final price far beyond that range, with an Asian private collector securing the piece. asserted

collector → push → piece

The box belonged to Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe, who bought it at Sotheby’s in 1946. asserted

who → belong → 1946

After he died in 1967, it remained among other objects in his collection until his family sent the items to Dreweatts for assessment. asserted

family → die → assessment

Rare Chinese box dates back to 15th century Dreweatts specialists Mark Newstead and Yingwen Tao recognised the box’s significance during their examination of the collection. asserted

specialists → date → collection

The piece dates to the Ming dynasty and bears the reign mark of Xuande, the fifth emperor of the dynasty, who ruled from 1426 to 1435. asserted

who → date → 1435

The box was made in the 15th century in imperial workshops near Beijing’s Forbidden City, according to the auction house. uncertain

box → make → house

It is decorated with pomegranates, branches and blossoms. asserted

It → decorate → pomegranates

The fruit was associated with fertility in Chinese symbolism. asserted

fruit → associate → symbolism

Cloisonné is a decorative technique in which thin metal strips form compartments that are filled with enamel. asserted

that → form → enamel

Early Ming examples bearing the Xuande mark are particularly scarce, as production was closely controlled by the imperial court. asserted

production → bear → court

Newstead, Dreweatts’ director of Asian ceramics and works of art, said the box’s discovery among less valuable items in an attic was remarkable. asserted

discovery → say → attic

He said the auction attracted strong competition from nine telephone bidders before a private collector in Asia won the lot. asserted

collector → say → lot

One of few surviving examples The box is among a small number of known examples of Xuande-marked pomegranate boxes. asserted

box → survive → boxes

According to Dreweatts, only five are known to exist, with three held by museums or other institutions and one in another private collection. uncertain

five → accord → collection

The newly rediscovered box had previously been displayed at the National Gallery of South Africa during a Chinese exhibition in Cape Town in 1953. asserted

box → rediscover → 1953

It was subsequently believed to have been lost from public view. asserted

It → believe → view

The result also returned the object to the auction market for the first time since Radcliffe purchased it in 1946. asserted

Radcliffe → return → 1946

“There was very strong bidding between nine telephone bidders, with a private collector in Asia finally winning out,” Newstead said. asserted

Newstead → be → Asia

Rare Ming dynasty pomegranate box bought for £19 in 1946 sells for £288,000 after attic discovery

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