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Chapter 252 New Concept of Buddha Statues

Regarding the fake red mountain jade, all Zhang Yang can do is actually ask Ding Qiang.

He is what Shen Yangling calls "the connections".

When the Yangcheng auction ended, Ding Qiang specially sent a message to report to Zhang Yang.

At that time, he said that he was thriving in the company and was surrounded by people.

I can now compete head-on with the self-righteous Director Xin.

Now it's time to test whether he is really as awesome as he says.

Zhang Yang estimates that within three days at most, the news of the "Seventeenth Series" of Christie's Xiangjiang Autumn Auctions being missed will spread throughout the auction circle.

At that time, those who were inadvertently involved in this matter, such as those in overseas studios, will definitely keep silent.

Before it is completely spread, go and inquire in advance, and you still have a chance to know the truth.

However, Shen Yangling's matter was just a trivial matter in Zhang Yang's opinion, not even as important as the auction on the third day.

The final auction – an auction of fine Buddhist art.

Although there are also cultural relics such as the Buddha's head and the Buddha's hand that look very sinister at first glance, these items, without exception, have participated in other auctions in the past ten years.

In other words: they have been cleaned up before they come to Christie’s.

Therefore, on the last day of the auction, Zhang Yang came specially to watch the excitement and learn skills.

This one is indeed different from the other ones. It has its own theme, called [Miao Xiang Yuan Ming].

Zhang Yang looked at the four large gilded characters on the invitation, as well as some scriptures from the Shurangama Sutra written in small regular script, to explain the origin of these four characters.

I thought to myself: I learned it.

If you want to make more money at auctions, you have to improve your style like this.

The days of issuing license plates and auctioning them off like bathhouses are coming to an end.

Modern auctions require each bidder to spend money comfortably.

On the last day, Zhang Yang returned to the familiar VIP seat again.

Compared to the day before yesterday, this time there was an acquaintance beside me, the fat old man who handed me his business card last time, Boss Lan.

Zhang Yang was not surprised to see him.

Christie's holds a special sale of fine Buddhist art specifically for wealthy businessmen like him.

These rich people don't know what to believe because they have seen all kinds of bad things in the process of making money.

In the end, they often choose the religion with the lowest threshold.

Put down the butcher's knife and you can become a Buddha immediately.

Boss Lan also runs an art company, so he probably came here with the intention of working part-time and selling Buddha statues.

After the two said hello, they waited quietly for the auction to begin.

The first lot: [Bronze Buddha Statue in the first year of Huangxing in the Northern Wei Dynasty (467)]

The date is so accurate because the base of the Buddha statue is engraved with the words "Made by disciple Yao Jing on August [-], the first year of Huangxing".

Back to the Buddha statue itself, it has an average face, average body shape, average decoration, and average appearance...

All in all, it is a very average bronze Buddha statue.

It can be seen that this ancient man named Yao Jing is not good at handwork.

The starting price is 15 million?
Zhang Yang thinks that 25 yuan is considered too much.

But the intensity of the on-site bidding far exceeded his imagination.

In just 3 minutes, the quotation exceeded 30, and there was no intention of stopping.

crazy?All crazy!

Even Boss Lan next to Zhang Yang held up the sign three times.

The price soared all the way to 50 million.

Zhang Yang thought to himself: So what?

Although the Buddhist statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty are called "the most beautiful Buddha statues in China", they probably refer more to those stone sculptures headed by Yungang Grottoes.

This handmade Buddha statue is very ordinary!

Given the admiration for Buddhist statues in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the stock of such privately cast Buddha statues will not be too small.

It's just that it hasn't been discovered underground yet.So when the auction ended and the price was 62, Zhang Yang quietly interviewed Boss Lan next to him:

"What's so good about this Buddha statue?"

"Master Zhang, don't you know?"

Boss Lan looked at Zhang Yang like an alien:

"This Buddha statue is smiling!"

"Isn't it normal to laugh? There are no crying Buddha statues."

"Northern Wei Dynasty, Buddha statues, smiles, this is [the most beautiful oriental smile]..."

Boss Lan's words woke up the dreamer. Zhang Yang heard the keyword and immediately figured it out.

This is selling a concept!
The bidders at the scene undoubtedly accepted the concept that "the smile of the Buddha statue in the Northern Wei Dynasty is the most beautiful oriental smile" and regarded it as a guideline.

They are all the most beautiful, so there is nothing wrong with the higher price.

"I watched this show, but I really can't understand it without some relevant knowledge." Zhang Yang laughed at himself.

Fortunately, he quickly found the pattern:
Any baby that makes Boss Lan excitedly raise his cards, there must be something to say about it.

For example, "the best statues of the Tang Dynasty" are various types of Bodhisattva statues;

For example, "the most collectible thangka" is the imperial tapestry thangka made in the Qing Dynasty;

Another example is the [Liao Dynasty painted wood carving and seated statue of Shuiyue Guanyin] with a starting price of 1500 million, which is known as "the most beautiful statue of Shuiyue Guanyin"...

"Master Zhang, help me take a look at this Guanyin statue. It should be okay, right?"

Boss Lan asked Zhang Yang to take a look while quoting the price.

"If Christie's information is correct, then this is a treasure that will be passed down from generation to generation."

Zhang Yang smiled hoarsely.

It can be seen that Boss Lan is just nervous.

The information provided by the auction house on this seated statue of Shuiyue Guanyin proves that it is a cultural relic that has been circulated in an orderly manner.

It was first sold abroad in the 30s by an antique dealer named Lu Qinzhai.

At the same time, another statue of Avalokitesvara, which went abroad with this one, was bought by the Nelson Museum and is now their treasure.

A Guanyin statue is in a separate exhibition hall.

The title of "The Most Beautiful Water Moon Avalokitesvara" was promoted by the Nelson Museum.

Now it seems that it has been recognized by insiders.

The final transaction price of 3010 million was worthy of its name.

But such a high transaction price is not the "king of bids" in this auction.

The real treasure of the show is a [[-]th century (Tibetan tradition) gilt bronze and silver-inlaid seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha].

The final transaction price was as high as 5000 million.

This time, Boss Lan couldn’t understand. He tilted his head and asked Zhang Yang:

"Is this thing so valuable? The Buddha statue from the Yuan Dynasty is the most precious statue of Sakyamuni?"

It seems that without the word "most", it doesn't deserve to be sold at a high price.

"From the perspective of cultural relic value, it is indeed quite precious." Zhang Yang explained in a deep voice.

This seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, apart from being gilded and in very good condition, is most distinguished by the fact that his appearance is clearly in the style of Tibetan Buddhism, but he is wearing a hundred-fold robe.

Bai Nie Yi is a garment only worn by a small number of Chinese Buddhist monks.

This can be regarded as an example of Han Buddhist culture "counterattacking" Tibetan Buddhist culture during the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.

It only took more than ten years before and after, and Yuan Dynasty Buddha statues with this appearance must be very rare.

"Is it rare? But I have such a Buddha statue in my hand!" Boss Lan said doubtfully.

"Are you also wearing a hundred clothes?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Yeah, I always thought it was a cassock."

"Master Zhang, are you going to help tomorrow?" Boss Lan suggested.

"Why are you waiting for tomorrow?" Zhang Yang urged: "Just tonight."

(End of this chapter)