A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK LAQUER AND GILT 'NAPOLEON'S TOMB' FAN QING DYNASTY, MID 19TH CENTURY

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Depicting to either side 'Napoleons tomb' on the Island of St Helena within dragon borders The guard sticks 20cm Open 32cm Napoleon Bonaparte was buried in the Valley of the Tomb (formerly Sane Valley) on St. Helena on May 9, 1821, following his death in exile. While his body was moved to Paris in 1840, the empty, simple concrete tomb remains a popular tourist site, owned by the French government and located in a peaceful, lush valley

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