Jianbao life

Chapter 779 Trading

There are only three blue and white plum vases like this Xiao Heyue Chasing Han Xin in the world. One is collected in the Jinling Museum. Chu Chen heard that his whereabouts were unknown overseas, but he didn't expect to be in Vincent's treasure room.

Seeing Chu Chen's surprised look, Vincent smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, this blue vase is just one of the three genuine ones, and I bought it after a lot of effort."

Chu Chen couldn't put it down as he measured the bottle in his hand, and then said, "Mr. Vincent, this blue vase is one of the items we traded this time. What do you think?"

"This...Mr. Chu, as you know, there are only three blue vases of this kind in the world..." Vincent's face suddenly revealed a look of embarrassment.

Chu Chen first put the blue vase in his hand back on the shelf, and then said: "Mr. Vincent, how did you decide on the terms of our transaction today? It will not be among these porcelains. You only agreed to put some Should the low value ones be traded?"

Vincent smiled awkwardly. According to his thinking, the proportion of these rare porcelains must be as small as possible, but if he said so, Chu Chen would definitely refuse, so he said: "Mr. Chu, I am still the one I told you yesterday. Ideas, specific agreements, we can discuss on the basis of the idea I mentioned."

Chu Chen thought for a while and said, "Mr. Vincent, if you insist on doing this, I find it difficult to accept it!"

"Uh..." Vincent saw Chu Chen's resolute expression, he pondered for a while, and smiled wryly: "Chu, you should also understand that these porcelains are very difficult to find, let alone bought, if you I can't accept that most of the porcelains have been selected away!"

Chu Chen also knew that it was him who was in this situation, and he was also reluctant to bear it, but he would not feel any sympathy now, so he said, "Mr. The performance of the "School of Athens" at the auction is much better than that of your porcelain? If you still want to set conditions, please forgive me, it is really unacceptable!"

After all, it is still 2002, the auction market for Chinese cultural relics has not yet started, and some porcelains are still in a state of being popular but not popular, but the world famous works such as "Athens School" are different. The publicity is good, and even some western countries Museums are thrilled.

Under such circumstances, Chu Chen said that this painting is worth more than two billion RMB, which is actually quite conservative.Now Vincent has to set conditions, of course he will not agree.

Vincent also understood that what Chu Chen said was the truth, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Mr. Chu, how about this, because I was in a hurry to fax last time, some other types of precious cultural relics were not written on it. , do you think the remaining part can be replaced by those cultural relics?"

For Chu Chen, it would not be impossible if they were all cultural relics of the national treasure level, so he said:

"Let's talk about it later after we've seen it, but I'm bound to get this Yuan blue and white piece."

"This..." Vincent seemed a little hesitant about this matter.

Seeing this situation, Chu Chen dropped another blockbuster: "Mr. Vincent, you do have a lot of collections, but some museums have as much collections as you do, and to tell you the truth, I have a Da Vinci painting there." "Madonna and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist", I only plan to exchange one of these two works, I don't know how you plan to choose?"

"what?"

Vincent was still thinking just now, but after hearing what Chu Chen said, he almost jumped out. He asked with an incredulous expression, "Mr. Chu, are you joking?"

"How can I joke about this kind of thing!" Chu Chen said with a smile: "And don't get me wrong, my work is an oil painting version."

Hearing Chu Chen's affirmative answer, Vincent was shocked but also suspicious. He said, "Mr. Chu, do you know the value of the authentic work of "The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist"?"

"Of course I know!" Chu Chen nodded affirmatively, and explained with a smile: "But my work is an unfinished work, so of course the value is much lower. I think it is different from my "Athens School" " is about the same value."

Hearing that it was an unfinished work, Vincent felt a little disappointed, but he immediately realized that as long as it is an authentic work, it is fine even if it is unfinished!This is Da Vinci's work, in terms of popularity, it is higher than Raphael's, and it is undoubtedly more helpful for him to improve his reputation.

Thinking of this, Vincent's heart was burning, but the most important thing now is that the things in Chu Chen's hands must be authentic, so he couldn't wait to say: "Mr. I appreciate it?"

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's no problem if you want to appreciate it, but of course I'm temporarily storing it in the bank for such a precious painting."

For such a thing, no matter how safe Vincent is here, it is impossible for Chu Chen to bring the painting. After all, this is a thing worth more than 20 billion RMB. He is very worried that Vincent will change due to money.

Vincent heard the same thing, and if it was him, he would definitely do the same, so he could only suppress his eagerness and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, if your painting is authentic, then this one Yuan blue and white, I can agree to be one of the items in this transaction..."

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and then proceeded to appreciate the peerless porcelain next to him.

"Ming Hongwu Blue and White Dragon Ear Vase with Wrapped Branches and Peony Pattern..."

"Qing Qianlong famille rose hollowed-out consecrated fish-playing-water pattern vase..."

In addition, Chu Chen actually saw a very similar Mingcheng Huadoucai grape-patterned cup in the Beijing Museum.

This cup is small and exquisite in shape, delicate in texture, bright in color and exquisite in production.The pattern of broken grapes on the wall of the cup is rigorous in composition, smooth in lines, vivid in painting, and suitable in color.

It uses red color as its branches, with purple flashes in the red, and it is strong and powerful.The green color is the leaves, and the green leaves reveal the leaf stems.The yellow color is the tendril, and the delicate tendrils seem to be growing.The purple color is real, just like ripe purple grapes hanging on the branches.The use of these colors vividly shows the true colors of the original objects.

Such a pair of exquisite small cups, Chu Chen couldn't help but fall in love with them at the first sight, and there are so many precious ancient porcelains, his eyes seemed to be glowing red, and there was a voice in his heart that kept shouting: "Sure! Get them!"

Seeing the end, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. These are all national first-class cultural relics. If possible, he would like to bring them all back to China. However, Vincent is only willing to trade half of them now, let alone Speaking of everything, it is estimated that even if he took out both oil paintings, the possibility is relatively small.

Seeing Chu Chen put down the last precious piece of porcelain, Vincent smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, let's go and see those other kinds of treasures?"

"Can……"

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Vincent took the two of them to the other side.During this period, he also explained the layout of the treasure room to the two of them, but Chu Chen didn't listen to much. He looked at the countless collections on the left and right, but felt uncomfortable, because these cultural relics Among them, a considerable part is likely to be looted from China.

Back then, the British and French allied forces jointly launched the second Opium War to invade China, and the world-famous Old Summer Palace was also destroyed, which became an unforgettable page in the modern history of our country.
When the British and French allied forces broke into the Old Summer Palace and the headquarters of the allied forces ordered the robbery, the invading army flocked to every corner of the garden, rushing to the palace, to the pavilion, to the pagoda, to the bookstore, greedily and frantically looting.It is impossible to count how many treasures in the Yuanmingyuan were robbed and destroyed. Just two examples are enough to show.

When the looting was over and the invading army marched from the Old Summer Palace to the capital, the French army’s vehicles loaded with goods walked for an hour. Ammunition boxes and gun barrels.

When evacuating the Old Summer Palace, in order to facilitate the passage of cannons and vehicles, many exquisite clocks, wall clocks, and ivory carvings were filled in the ditch where the vehicles would pass.A large number of exquisite silks and satins, precious clothing materials, jade, porcelain and other art treasures were not only robbed, but also trampled and destroyed.

Every soldier has a rich pocket and returns with a full load.The gold and silver vaults in the Yuanmingyuan were also opened and plundered.The tragedy of the looting of the Old Summer Palace is unimaginable.
Helis, a British officer, made a windfall after returning home because he plundered a large number of precious antiques and gold and silver artifacts from the Old Summer Palace.He was nicknamed "China James" because of the large number of valuable treasures he had looted.After he returned to England, with the large amount of loot he plundered, he became a rich man and enjoyed it for life.

Half a century later, that is, in 1912, when he was 80 years old, he wrote the book "China James", which shamelessly described in detail the important treasures he plundered and the robbery process.His book became a confession for the invaders to rob and destroy the cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace.

After the Old Summer Palace was burned by the British and French allied forces, it was still a forbidden garden of the Qing court, and it was guarded by special institutions and personnel.However, after the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied the capital in 1900, the invading army once again carried out public looting, and the Old Summer Palace was once again damaged.

The "Haiyue Kaijin" in the Changchun Garden was originally a resplendent, magnificent and tall building built on a double-layered white marble round altar in the lake. Eventually it was reduced to ruins.The "Pengdao Yaotai" in the center of Fuhai was also destroyed in the battle of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.The "Majestic Dharma Realm" and "Weizao Hall" in Wanchun Garden were also destroyed at this time.

Some scholars once made a rough count. Among the precious antiques lost abroad, a considerable part of them were collected in the Old Summer Palace. Chu Chen saw a document before saying that this number was at least 150 million.

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