Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 798 Argument
After speaking, he looked at Goro Sakamoto meaningfully: "Since Mr. Sakamoto takes protecting the cultural heritage of mankind as his own responsibility, he must be very clear that the definition of cultural relics refers to things left over from past dynasties with historical, artistic and scientific value. , a legacy of a particular civilization."

"So if a cultural relic leaves its specific civilization background, it will more or less lead to the loss of its civilization value, right?"

"The code of Hammurabi left Two Rivers, the pyramids left Egypt, and Daozang and murals left Dunhuang. I don't think there is anything worthy of praise."

"Yes." Sakamoto Goro said with a smile: "But what if the cultural relic is destroyed in the place where it was born?"

"Then step up publicity, work hard to popularize science, increase protection forces, strengthen protection measures, formulate laws, and prohibit exits..." Zhou Zhi smiled: "Just like what our country is doing now."

"But what if those countries don't?"

"Then teach them to do this." Zhou Zhi said, "Instead of using this as an excuse to take them away from their original habitat."

Seeing that Goro Sakamoto still wanted to speak, Zhou Zhi immediately said, "Otherwise, things should be done differently."

"If, as Mr. Sakamoto said, the purpose of collecting cultural relics is to better protect them, then shouldn't these countries return the local cultural relics they have collected to the local area after they have grown enough capacity to give Are they of a higher value? Just like Mr. Li Qiyan donating two copies of "Chunhua Ge Tie" to the country?"

"Well..." Sakamoto became dumb all of a sudden, Zhou Zhi's question was too tricky.

If yes, then those Chinese cultural relics collected in the island country, such as those owned by Eiichi Ataka, should be returned to China according to Zhou Zhi's statement.

If it should not be said, then is it possible for anyone to snatch the fragment of Zen Master Kukai's "Da Nikkei" that is still displayed in this showroom, and the highest bidder will get it?
"Hahahaha..." Seeing the scene froze, Li Jianchen couldn't help waving his hands: "People, don't take yourself too seriously, for example, I am a businessman, an antique dealer, and the purpose of doing this is to Maintain and appreciate the value of your own assets. Of course, as a hobby, it is also fun to take care of the two, which is very satisfying.”

"As for the feelings of family and country, and the protection of world cultural heritage, the topic is too big, and my level is not up to it." Li Jianchen said with a chuckle: "Anyone who can stand here must know the words 'within their abilities' mean."

"We also quite agree with Mr. Li's statement." Hou Zhongjin said: "Mr. An predicts that oriental artworks, especially Chinese artworks, will enter a century of value growth, which is also a huge value depression."

"Since the year before last, major auction companies have successively launched auctions dedicated to Chinese artworks, and they have also achieved considerable response. Last year, the transaction record for two pieces of Qianlong Dynasty Heart Turning Vase was 20 pounds. The transaction price of one piece was 80 US dollars, creating a record for Qianlong porcelain, and it also shows the signs of this market.”

"Recently, there are many collectors on Hong Kong Island who intend to transfer their collections, which has also attracted our attention." Hou Zhongjin was more concerned about the matter: "Mr. From a psychological point of view, I appreciate his behavior; but from the perspective of an antique dealer, I have to regret that I lost this opportunity to buy it.”

Everyone laughed. After China enacted the cultural relics protection regulations, there were a lot less places for everyone to take advantage of. Although there are still cultural relics leaked out in recent years, the level, importance, and quantity have all dropped sharply.

This also objectively contributed to the soaring price of oriental cultural relics in the international market. Speaking of which, everyone here is the beneficiary of China's cultural relics protection policy.

They are all Chinese cultural relics experts, collectors and dealers. It is impossible to have no research on China's cultural relics protection policy, so Goro Sakamoto was just looking for trouble for nothing.

Everyone is seeking money when they go out, so why pretend to be a wolf with a big tail?So this foreigner is honest and honest, far more pleasing than Goro Sakamoto.

For Zhou Zhi who made Sakamoto Goro speechless, Li Jianchen patted his shoulder lightly to express his appreciation: "Young man, he is stronger than us old bones."

The controversy over the loss of cultural relics out of the country has now come to an end, Lin Wanqiu said: "Today, all experts are invited to come, in fact, there is one more important thing to ask, that is, this Xuande-style kui dragon pattern jar, do you want to put it up for auction?"

The meaning of whether to put it in the auction is to let everyone identify whether the Xuande style on this big pot is entrusted or the current dynasty, and whether the thing is a genuine Xuande official kiln or an imitation of the later dynasty.

Before Zhou Zhi arrived, these people were discussing this. Zhang Zongxian first expressed his opinion: "My niece took this thing from me back then. The reason I took it was very simple. I just didn't understand the Kuilong pattern, so it was judged to be a later one. Like, give it to the niece Xian."

"The reason why I want it is also simple. First of all, the body of this blue and white pot conforms to the modeling characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The blue and white hair color is rich and bright, and the obvious Su material is undoubtedly, and the carcass is also firm and white." Lin Wanqiu said: "Even if it is not the early Ming Dynasty It must have belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the price that Uncle Zhang gave me at that time was equivalent to a free gift.”

Eiichi Anzhai finally spoke for the first time. It seems that this person is quite tall, and he is only willing to exchange and discuss content directly related to the appreciation of cultural relics: "I think this porcelain is real."

"Oh?" Li Jianchen asked, "What is Mr. An Zhai's evidence?"

"Feeling." Anzhai said: "The artwork itself can convey the feeling to people."

"This piece of porcelain is solid and thick, with exquisite depiction. The carcass is just like what Wanqiu said. No matter the clay formula or the firing process, it has the typical characteristics of the Ming Dynasty; the blue and white materials are not only Soviet materials, but also the top Soviet materials. , the hair color is blue to purple, and the concentrated places are close to the spots to form a patch, the contrast between the shades is extremely obvious, and the halo is serious."

"The latter were originally the biggest flaws of Su materials, but under the ingenuity of the craftsman, they were expressed with Kuilong patterns."

"Compared to the common dragon patterns in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the biggest difference between Kuilong is that it doesn't need to depict dragon scales, and the shades of Su materials are just used to express the muscular characteristics of Kuilong."

"So I think this is the ingenuity of a top craftsman." Eiichi Anzhai said: "It is a utensil that can only be made by a master. Compared with the Yuan Dynasty blue and white dragon pattern jar collected in the National Museum of China, the artistic achievement is like a fine brushwork. The difference between painting and freehand painting, I personally think that the artistic achievement of this Kuilong blue and white piece is even higher."

Zhou Zhi noticed the jar that Anzhai used for comparison, and asked humbly: "Mr. Anzhai, what you just used to compare with this dragon-pattern jar is the Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white dragon-pattern jar in the National Museum. I remember that in the National Museum, And the blue-and-white dragon jars from Chenghua and Xuande in the Ming Dynasty? Why don’t you use them for comparison?”

(End of this chapter)