golden ear

Chapter 168 Napoleon suit

"It's here, go down and salvage, it should be nearby."

It was only at this time that Wu Tianyuan realized the convenience of the dragon group. In half an hour, Wang Jun found a speedboat and three divers, drove to the middle of the remote lake, and started salvaging.

"Is there a treasure chest?"

After all, Wang Hong was a girl, so she was very curious. She took a peek at Wu Tianyuan's confident appearance. She really didn't understand how he determined the location of the treasure chest.
After a while, a big treasure chest was found, several people left the scene quickly, and drove back to the red building.

"Napoleon's Hundred Days Crown!"

"This is the Conqueror's Scepter, and I used it to swear an oath every time I went to battle!"

"And the queen's jewelry, how big is this ruby, and it was brought from Italy!"

A box of jewels shocked the audience. After Wu Tianyuan took stock of all the trophies, there were more than 20 pieces of jewellery, all of which belonged to the queen.The most important thing is the Napoleon crown and scepter, which are the symbols of the French royal family.

Napoleon, namely Napoleon I, was a great French military strategist and statesman in the nineteenth century, and the founder of the First French Empire.He served successively as the first ruler of the First French Republic and emperor of the First French Empire.

During his reign in France, he expanded abroad many times, launched the Napoleonic Wars, and became the king of Italy, the protector of the Rhine Confederation, the arbiter of the Swiss Confederation, and the colonial lord of the French Empire.

In the most glorious period, except Britain, all other countries in Europe surrendered or formed alliances with Napoleon.A huge Napoleonic empire system was formed, and a series of military and political miracles and short-lived brilliant achievements were created.

"One Napoleon, one Hitler, both are fierce men, leading a country to fight all over the world!"

Wu Tianyuan was very satisfied with this harvest, especially the Ring of Conquest. After wearing it, it would be a steady stream of treasures, and it was most suitable for negotiating terms with the French.

"Help me contact the Louvre and say that there is a deal to discuss!"

Wu Tianyuan was lucky to buy the Red Mansion ahead of time. It is very famous here. He said that it was the treasure found here, and he paid a huge property protection tax. He just waited for today.

Wang Jun immediately contacted the Louvre through the embassy, ​​and soon got a response, inviting Wu Tianyuan to the museum for an interview.

"This is Napoleon's crown, and some jewelry, please identify it!"

Wu Tianyuan looked at the excited look of Henry, the deputy curator in his 60s, and even his hands were shaking, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's gold, and it won't break!"

"Dear Wu, this is really a huge discovery. The Hundred Days Crown and Conqueror's Scepter have been lost for more than 200 years, and they finally appeared today!"

Old man Henry hugged Wu Tianyuan excitedly, and he didn't know what to say?It seems that these things are really precious to them.

"Don't worry, they don't belong to you yet!"

Wu Tianyuan waved his hand and said, "Can we talk about the conditions now?"

Henry finally calmed down, looked at the mysterious oriental man curiously, and sighed: "We have heard about the deal between you and the RB National Museum of Art last time, the samurai sword was exchanged for ancient books of the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, we can use the same terms to negotiate with you Exchange, I'll have someone sort out the Ming and Qing collections for you right away, and I can exchange them right away!"

Wu Tianyuan nodded in satisfaction. It seems that the story of the little RB has spread in the museum circle, and the price will be clearly marked in the future.

Wu Tianyuan suddenly remembered something, and asked Henry, "Is the sheep head statue from the Western Zhou Dynasty with you?"

Henry was taken aback, thought for a while and said seriously: "Of course, that is the treasure of our China Pavilion! This cannot be changed!"

Wu Tianyuan chuckled, you won't change if you don't want to change?I'll let you slap yourself in the face!
"Why are you preparing the list? Just take me to the warehouse to see if it's okay."

Wu Tianyuan looked at the busyness of the staff and said dissatisfiedly, I still want to take this opportunity to absorb some energy.

"No, except for people from our museum, no one else can enter the warehouse, sorry!"

Henry immediately rejected Wu Tianyuan's rude request. It is absolutely impossible for the warehouse of the Louvre, one of the five largest museums in the world, to be open to an outsider!
"Well, you French are still more authentic than little devils!"

Wu Tianyuan finally got a thick catalog, all of which are Ming and Qing masterpieces. Looking at the long list, he was very excited.

"First, let's have a Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup!"

Wu Tianyuan saw this treasure at first sight. There are 19 existing cups in the world, and only three are in private hands. Liu Yiqian just bought one back for 3 million yuan.

The Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup is a rare treasure in ceramics and belongs to the imperial wine cup of the Chenghua Emperor in the Ming Dynasty.On the outer wall of the skimming bowl with a diameter of about eight centimeters, first use blue and white thin lines to lightly trace the outline of the decoration, then glaze it into the kiln and burn the carcass at a high temperature of about 1300 degrees, and then use red, green, yellow, etc. Fill the reserved blue-and-white decoration with color into the kiln for low-temperature firing for the second time.

On the outer wall, peony lake stones and orchid grass lake stones are used to divide the picture into two groups. One group is painted with a rooster holding its head high, a female chicken and a chick are pecking at a centipede, and the other two chicks are playing and chasing each other.The other group painted a rooster crowing, a female hen and three chicks pecking at a centipede. The pictures are vivid and full of interest, and many later generations imitated them.

Emperor Chenghua was keen on calligraphy and painting. Once he admired the picture of "Chicken Hen" painted by people in the Song Dynasty. He was very touched when he saw the warm scene of a hen and a few chicks looking for food, so he wrote a question on this painting. The first seven-character poem expresses the mother hen's love for her chicks.There are two purposes for painting chickens: one is that the first year of Chenghua is the year of the rooster; the other is the homophony of "chicken" and "auspicious".

The Ming Dynasty Wanli "Shenzong Shilu" that first recorded the value of Chenghua Doucai chicken cups in Ming Dynasty wrote: "Shenzong's fashionable food, there is a pair of Chenghua colorful chicken cups in front of the emperor, worth [-]."

According to the "Ye Huo Bian" by Shen Defu in Wanli of Ming Dynasty: "Cheng kiln wine cups, each pair is worth a hundred gold." Among them, the value of [-] is similar to that of silver. The value of the cup is equal to the [-] copper coins that were in circulation at that time. At that time, the chicken bowl cup was a sky-high price, not to mention today hundreds of years later.

At the auction of Chinese cultural relics and works of art held in Sotheby's in Hong Kong in April 1999, a well-preserved Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup was sold for a sky-high price of 4 million Hong Kong dollars, becoming an ancient Chinese artifact at that time. The highest transaction record of porcelain in the auction market.

On April 2014, 4, the Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doucai Chicken Crock Cup collected by Meiyintang broke the world auction record for Chinese porcelain with a transaction price of 8 million Hong Kong dollars at Sotheby’s Spring Auction of Important Chinese Ceramics and Handicrafts in Hong Kong on the 8th. The buyer was Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian

"This is what I want! A few days ago, Liu Yiqian was showing himself drinking tea from a chicken mug in Moments? From now on, I will make a new one, not only drink it by myself, but let people from Tianyuanhui drink it together!"

Wu Tianyuan was the first to choose the Doucai Chicken Crock Cup. Like the Xuande Furnace, the Doucai Chicken Crock Cup is so famous that even the emperors of all dynasties liked high imitations.The Kangxi imitation is slightly taller than the real one, with a slightly smaller bottom diameter than the real one, and the unglazed part around the foot is wider than the real one; the six-character square frame regular script at the bottom fills the bottom, the lines are thick and heavy, and the decoration is relatively dull.

Some imitations in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty had high handles and lying feet, with Qianlong's imperial poems on the outside, and the seal of "Great Qing Qianlong Antiquity" inside the bottom feet.During the period of the Republic of China, the glaze of the imitation was bluish, the blue and white color was floating, the color was light, and the decoration was dull.

"Hey, there is also the Yongle blue and white cup? Take it!"

Some book lovers are curious that the plot of this book is progressing so fast, will it have insufficient stamina, and there is nothing to write?Solemnly promise, just started!
The next step is to develop a plot around the museum, return national treasures, and accumulate connections and wealth from various countries.To build a Chinese cultural brand in the future and to lay the foundation for anti-cultural invasion!

The world is secretly controlled by many low-key families, and their influence has surpassed the country. The top ten families in the United States, the four major consortiums of RB, the British and French royal families, Swiss bankers, and the Holy See of the Vatican!
The protagonist will gradually come into contact with the real world, and will know what is noble and wealthy!Infiltrate national culture and change the world pattern.

Please rest assured that the book lovers who like it will definitely become more and more exciting, resources are monopolized, channels are king, and brand value is the last cool point of this book!I will try to put it on the shelves as late as possible, and write more public chapters. I hope that book friends will continue to support, thank you layman!

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