英国居民发现珍贵中国紫檀木笔筒

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BBC Chinese, Apr 16, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/uk/2014/04/140416_chinese_pot.shtml

, which is translated from

Pot Used by Hertfordshire Family as a Doorstop Is Valued at £30,000. BBC, Apr 16, 2014
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-27046124
(A brush pot in a Hertfordshire cottage originally used to store calligraphers' brushes, depicting dozens of figures in a popular Chinese subject known as "The Hundred Boys" on the outside, is a rare example of Zitan artwork, according to auctioneers Sworders)

Note:
(a) Pterocarpus santalinus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_santalinus
(Red Sandalwood; native to India; The wood has historically been valued in China, particularly during the Ming and Qing periods, referred to in Chinese as zitan 紫檀 and spelt tzu-t'an [corrupt from Chandan, the Indian word for Red Sandalwood] by earlier western authors such Gustav Ecke; "The other form of zitan is from the species Dalbergia luovelii, Dalbergia maritima, and Dalbergia normandi, all similar species named in trade as bois de rose or violet rosewood which when cut are bright crimson purple changing to dark purple again. It has a fragrant scent when worked")
(i) Pterocarpus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus
(The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means "wing fruit", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus)
(ii) Karpos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpos
(Greek karpos; Latin carpus; "fruit")
(iii) sandalwood (n; ETYMOLOGY)
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandalwood

, which explains “santalinus” in the species name.

(b) GE Sworder and Sons Ltd. Essex Record Office, undated
seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Result_Details.aspx?DocID=543190
(based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire; "The business was started in 1782 by a Mr Peter Ramsey * * * after which there were several changes of name: Ramsey to * * * GE Sworder c1850)

Doing business as Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers.
(c) Hertfordshire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire
(Hertford is derived from the Anglo-Saxon heort ford, meaning deer crossing (of a watercourse))