Live appraising treasures, I became a national treasure expert?

He didn't go to other stores and only bought these two thangkas. Li Ding'an took them out of the antique street.

"Li Ding'an, missed it again!"

"It's okay, so-so."

Yu Huiyin and Shu Jinghao looked at each other: they must have missed something, and it was probably not too small. Otherwise, Li Ding'an would not have left in a hurry, and would definitely visit more than a dozen antique shops.

"Which one?"

"The first one is indeed a thangka, but the other one doesn't seem to be..." Li Ding'an thought for a while, "It's a bit weird anyway."

That execution picture that makes one's hair crawl at a glance?
The key is, are there any items that Li Ding'an doesn't dare to draw a conclusion about?
"How about going back to the hotel?"

"Row!"

I really need to go back and study it.

Li Ding'an nodded and stopped a black taxi with a wave of his hand. In a short time, the four of them arrived at the Air China Hotel.

Hearing "I missed it", Fan Rong was also curious and followed her into the elevator: "Teacher Li, can I take a look!"

"Okay, just don't spread random rumors when you go out!"

After all, it’s a foreign country, so it’s better to be careful.

"do not worry!"

While talking, several people entered the room. Li Dingan spread out two more paintings and studied them carefully with a magnifying glass.

He only glanced at the Happy Buddha statue, and there was basically no difference. Then he looked at the "Execution Picture".

At first, he was very casual, just picking a place to look at, but the longer he looked, the tighter his brows became, and he would stop and think about it from time to time.

After looking at it for a while, he said "ha" and looked like he suddenly realized: "So this is it?"

"what?"

"Don't worry, let me translate it first!"

As he was talking, he took out his laptop again, and then he read and translated, and looked up information along the way.

And this time, it lasted more than two hours.

It seems like this is the first time that Li Ding'an has looked at something for so long?
They didn't say anything and just sat quietly. Fan Rong wanted to speak several times, but was interrupted by Yu Huiyin and Shu Jinghao waving their hands.

Is it that exaggerated?
Finally, he raised his head, and Yu Huiyin and Shu Jinghao were stunned again.

Without it, the expression on Li Ding'an's face was too weird: he was frowning, winking, grinning, and his facial features were twisting and turning, as if he had eaten Huanglian.

Shu Jing smiled like "Ha": "Did you get a punch in the eye?"

"Haha, what are you thinking about? It's harder for me to blind you than it is for you not to get married."

Shu Jing was stunned for a moment and couldn't react for a moment. Was Li Ding'an praising her or cursing her?
"That means it's very valuable?"

Li Ding'an thought for a moment and pointed to the image of the Happy Buddha, "This one is okay: it should be a thangka of the Gelug sect in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, but the materials used are very particular: the base cloth is brocade silk, and the pigments are gold and silver. , pearls, agate, coral, turquoise, malachite, cinnabar, and saffron...

The key is that there are words on it: Empty and Joyful Luck, which is the original meaning of the Happy Buddha. It cannot be practiced except by great lamas, and others cannot understand it if they want to practice it... So I suspect that this thing may be related to the first generation of Zhangjia Guoshi (Guoshi of the Qing Dynasty) , leader of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia). "

Shu Jing took a good look and said, "Tibetan Buddhism, Master Zhangjia? The question is, are these Chinese characters?"

"The Chinese characters are correct, otherwise they would have been picked up long ago... Let me give you some popular science knowledge: the first generation of Zhangjia Imperial Master was Han nationality, his original surname was Zhang, and he was called the eldest son of the Zhang family. Kangxi felt that there were too many Han elements, so he changed it to It’s Zhangjia…”

"what?"

The three girls are all majoring in liberal arts and know a little bit about history, but this is the first time they have heard this statement.

But at least, they all know who Master Zhangjia is and what he represents.

Fan Rong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Teacher Li, how much is this painting worth?"

"If the research can't prove the calendar, it will only be six to seven hundred thousand. If it can be proven that it is related to the first generation Zhangjia Imperial Master, it will easily be six to seven times more."

Six or seven hundred thousand?

How much did he spend? Equivalent to just over 10,000 RMB.

If it can be doubled six or seven times... five million?

Fan Rong opened her eyes, feeling as if she was hearing a joke:
Li Ding'an, did you miss it?

It's okay, so-so...

Earning five million yuan from ten thousand yuan, you think it's just mediocre... You don't dare to say that even if you have a mine at home, right?

Looking at the expressions of Yu Huiyin and Shu Jinghao, it doesn't look like Li Ding'an has picked something up: they are as if nothing has happened, calm and collected... Anyway, they are very indifferent.

After thinking about it, Yu Huiyin asked again: "Are you ready to sell?"

"Otherwise, wouldn't it be appropriate to hang something like this at home? Of course, you can also give it away..." Li Ding'an said with a smirk, "How about you ask Uncle Yu, if he likes it, I will give it to him."

"My dad doesn't want it!"

Yu Huiyin clenched her fist and hit him, "Then why do you look so painful?"

"It's not pain, it's surprise: the origin of this picture is too complicated, I have to ask someone to study it together..."

Li Ding'an sighed, "Hello Shu Jing, please call Director Wang. If he is not busy, ask him to come to my room..."

After explaining, he took out his mobile phone again and pulled out the WeChat account of the candidate director of the Han and Tang Dynasties Department.

"Ding zero, dong, long" rang twice, and the video was connected.

Looking at the background, it seemed that Lu Benzhi's face flashed past in a conference room.

"Professor Hou, are you in a meeting?"

"Director He presided over and summarized the recent topic directions. It has been completed..."

"Do I sound like Li Ding'an?"

"Yes He Guan."

Following the words, He Anguan's head squeezed in and squinted his eyes: "It's quite free. Have you found the ruins?"

What nonsense are you talking about... You just put me on the plane this morning?

"Don't cause trouble and get off the road quickly. I want to ask Dean Hou to help me research something."

"what?"

Before He Anbang could get out of the way, Lu Benzhi's head came over, "Gold and stone, or miscellaneous items?"

Professor Hou is an expert in these two fields and an authority among authorities. The Forbidden City and the National Museum often ask him for help.

"It's a cowhide painting...forget it, let's look at it together!"

Li Ding'an stood up and held up his mobile phone.

"It's clearly brocade silk, how can this be cowhide? Hey, Happy Buddha... gold, silver, malachite, turquoise... Tibetan Buddhist thangkas from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties are undoubtedly authentic... and they must have come from some major lamasery. of."

Li Ding'an nodded.

Lu Benzhi continued to watch, then was stunned for a moment, "Wait, Ding'an, move the camera closer, add a light at a 45-degree angle..."

Li Ding'an did as he was told.

"It's not pink, it's not orange... It has a strong grainy feel, high saturation, and it's so stable against light... This is Asahi coral mixed with pearls and agate powder..."

Where did the coral in Mongolia come from?
Only the imperial gift.

"Haha... And there are Chinese characters?" Lu Benzhi laughed, "This Buddha thangka is most likely related to the first Zhangjia Lama... How much did you spend on Ding'an?"

Professional is indeed professional.

Li Ding'an gave a thumbs up: "Almost over ten thousand." "Where did you buy it?"

“Just Ulaanbaatar!”

Several people on the other side of the phone looked at each other in confusion: No... you just got off the plane this morning, right?

It only takes half a day to get here.

The key thing is, if you pick it up in Mongolia... why don't you go to the North Pole to pick it up?

Ma Xianming also squeezed in with a surprised look on his face: "Lu Yuan, how much does it cost to sell it?"

"It depends on who it is sold to: if it is collected by an ordinary museum, it will only cost two to three million. If it goes up for auction, it will definitely be no problem to exchange it for a three-bedroom apartment within the fourth ring road."

"so tall?"

"Nonsense, it must have been blessed by the first generation Zhangjia. Maybe he has also practiced with reference to this picture. If he meets Tibetan Buddhist believers, it can be even higher."

Fan Rong's heart skipped a beat: A three-bedroom apartment within the Fourth Ring Road... would it cost five million or six million?
It can be higher...

"Teacher Shu, who are they?"

"Dean Lu from the Forbidden City, Dean Hou from the School of Culture and Museum of Peking University, Director He and Director Ma from the National Museum..."

Fan Rong's eyes widened as his mind buzzed: Each one is bigger than the other?

To put it another way: This thangka is really worth five to six million...

While she was dazed, the doorbell rang twice, and Shu Jinghao ran over to open the door.

"Didn't you go out for a walk and you're back so soon?"

Wang Yongqian entered the room and asked casually. As soon as I walked in, I was startled again, "Thangka... cultural relic? Where did it come from?"

"I just bought it from the antique market behind the department store... You sit down first. I may ask you for help later. Xiao Shu, pour me some tea..."

Only then did Wang Yongqian realize that Li Ding'an was making a video call, and there were many heads surrounding him.

Lu Yuan, He Guan, Ma Xianming, Dean Hou...

There was no time to wait for them to say hello, Li Ding'an raised his phone: "Hou Yuan, I mainly want to ask you to help me take a look at this!"

"Mongolian leather carving... No, this is a cowhide pyrography!"

Professor Hou came closer and narrowed his eyes, "Huh? Is this... Indian leather painting?"

He Anbang took a look: "Something from Tibetan Buddhism!"

"Maybe it has something to do with it!"

Professor Hou continued to read for about five or six minutes, and his tone became more firm, "It is definitely something from India, and it is quite early, no later than the eighth century."

What did you say
The eighth century was the Tang Dynasty...

"Swish", more people gathered around.

Li Ding'an went to Mongolia and found an Indian cultural relic dating back 1,300 years?
Where did this come from? You can't even hit it with eight hundred sticks?
Ma Xianming looked hard: "Dean Hou, are you sure it's an Indian painting?"

"Don't worry, you won't get it wrong: Tang Sanzang obtained scriptures from India, and two of them have this kind of cowhide inscriptions: Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma Protectors, Dakini, Arhats, Reincarnation of Life and Death, Western Paradise, etc..."

He Anbang and Lu Benzhi were stunned: "Is the scroll still there?"

But I don’t think I’ve heard of it?

"The original scroll has been lost long ago, but there are still records in "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" (dictated by Xuanzang and compiled by Bianji)... and there are also cultural relics of the same type: the National Museum of India has the Buddha Jataka Scroll and the Six Teeth White Like Jataka scrolls, worshiping Bodhi tree scrolls, etc.

Without exception, they are all in this style: cowhide pyrography, a typical pure Indian Buddhist art style of the Gupta Dynasty in the 5th and 6th centuries: bright colors, strong contrast, bold brushwork, bold style...called Mathura in India style and Sarnath style…”

"This is the artistic style. Look at the handwriting again: this is the Sittan style of Gupta Sanskrit. It was formed at the end of the sixth century and died out in the eighth century...

Then look at the pigments: yellow is yellow ocher, white is chalk, red is cinnabar, blue and green are copper salts from the Western Regions and Huiqing...especially the latter two, which had not yet entered China at that time. "

What the hell?
Lu Benzhi and Ma Xianming only have a brief understanding of miscellaneous items, so they only understand half of what they heard. However, they specialize in porcelain and should not be too familiar with the latter two pigments: they are both from Persia, and they are both fine blue and white porcelain pigments, specially used for palace utensils.

Huiqing was introduced to China relatively late, roughly before the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. Copper salt was slightly earlier, probably in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not introduced to the Central Plains and was only found in the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

Not even in the Central Plains, let alone Mongolia and XZ...

They didn't need Professor Hou to remind them of the rest: the cowhide leather is so old and still dried like this, it must have been buried for thousands of years...

Tsk tsk, awesome, Li Ding'an is getting better and better at picking up: cultural relics from more than a thousand years ago, or are they from India?
"What is painted on it, a picture of execution, or a ceremony to worship heaven?"

Professor Hou frowned: "Buddhist teachings are relatively mild, doesn't it feel like it?"

This is the truth. In comparison, the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are much crueler.

"Is it of any research value?"

"It's hard to say, I have to do some research!" Dean Hou thought for a while, "Of course, if sold to India, the value will definitely be high!"

"Then sell it to Chen Jing..."

Danger after danger, He Anbang said "shuang", Ma Xianming raised his head subconsciously, and was shocked again: Yu Huiyin was standing behind Li Ding'an.

He wished he could give himself a slap on the mouth: Just a little bit...

Lao He reacted so quickly: "Yes, find Manager Chen, the person in charge of the Jiade Collection Department, and ask her to help you sell..."

Dean Lu is still wondering: When did Manager Chen appear in the Guardian Recruitment Department? Why didn’t I know about it?
Seeing He Anbang wink at him, Lu Benzhi realized: Chen Jingshu?
These young people... alas!

"I estimate there are still two to three million, which is not much for you, but flies and mosquitoes are all meat..." He Anbang laughed again, "Sell it to give Yu Yu a dowry!"

Yu Huiyin pursed his lips and didn't say anything. He just stared at Li Ding'an: What's Chen, Chen Jingshu, right?
Humph……

Li Ding'an's mind was so far away that he didn't notice that Lao Ma almost let it slip:
Before, he thought it was just an ordinary Indian cultural relic. Although it was early enough, it did not have much research value for the domestic academic community, so he felt that it was just a small leak.

But after leaving the antique shop, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became: from the fifth to the eighth century, it was the period when conflicts between various tribes and classes in India were most acute, and Mahayana Buddhism came into being: abstaining from killing and releasing animals, Cihang Purdue...

Summed up in one sentence: Do good deeds and be a leek honestly. The more hardship you endure in this life, the more blessings you will receive in the next life. You will definitely be reborn in a good pregnancy... As for whether it is useful, just look at the caste system in India. .

Therefore, this painting is definitely not a picture of execution or a ceremony to worship heaven.

But it has nothing to do with Indian Buddhism, but the painting style, artistic characteristics, and the Sanskrit in Siddhant style all show that this is something from Indian Buddhism.

Then he thought: Could it be a product of Buddhism before it was introduced to China, so he thought of the original religion in the snow area: Bon religion.

Then, he started to search and found the "Xiangxiong Tripitaka" of the Bon religion.

This is a huge work that covers a wide range of topics, including philosophy, astronomy, geography, medicine, art, architecture, etc. It was written quite early: five centuries ago, probably around the beginning of the fourth century.

Later, he found the description of surgical operations in the "Zhangxiong Tripitaka"...

Then, he found the earliest medical treatise on surgery, which India is proud of, and was probably written in the sixth century "Miaowenlu".

Here comes the key point: It is said that after the "Shangzhong Tripitaka" was spread to India from the snowy area, Miaowen excerpted the parts about surgical operations, and the "Miaowenlu" was created. But there is no certificate to test, so India does not recognize it.

Let’s not mention this for now, but there are two other theories: the medical records in the "Xiangxiong Tripitaka" and the Indian "Miaowenlu" all come from Hua Tuo's "Qing Nang Shu".

I don’t know if the former one is true, but the latter one is definitely not nonsense. It has its source and basis.

However, India still does not admit it.

But Li Ding'an felt that now he could try to get them to admit it.

Ma Fei San...hahaha, Ma Fei San?

It's written in Sanskrit, who has ever seen it?

When the translation came out, Li Ding'an was all numb...

So let alone two or three million, he wouldn't sell it if he added two zeros at the end.

Whoever betrays is a traitor. (End of chapter)