Measuring 2.55 m in length, 1.3 m in width and 1.8 m in height, the oldest and best-preserved lacquered bed was found in 2000 in a tomb complex in Chengdu, China. It took 17 years for archeologists to restore the “dragon bed”, which is believed to have been used 2,500 years ago by a king [1024×1264]
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[https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2018/01/11/dragon-bed-restored-17-years/](https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2018/01/11/dragon-bed-restored-17-years/)
Simply amazing.
2500 years old and still in that condition? That’s absolutely incredible. The preservation of lacquer for that long is amazing – I can barely keep my furniture looking good for a few years!
17 years to restore it though, wow. Makes you wonder what other artifacts they discovered in that tomb that haven’t been publicized yet.