Inherit For Three Thousand Years

"I have seen the sincerity of Dong Wang's desire to cooperate. Since Dong Wang has given such good conditions for cooperation, I must show my sincerity. I will sort it out today. You can contact Dong Wang today. , Let him send someone over to receive it tomorrow.” Since it is a win-win cooperation, the other party has made the biggest concession. Xiao Yao is very optimistic about this cooperation and also attaches great importance to it.

"Then I will call Dong Wang immediately after I go back and ask him to arrange relevant personnel to come over as soon as possible." Lu Yahong is not very concerned about the benefits after the cooperation. What he cares about is that through this cooperation, he will finally have a relationship with Xiao Yao in the future. A closer contact has been made.

After sending off Lu Yahong, Xiao Yao began to consider the choice of items to be photographed.

If you want to raise the 10.5 billion huge amount of money returned to the bank, and take out the ordinary antique works of art for auction, it is just a drop in the bucket, and it will not have any effect.

It is impossible for him to take out too many collections for auction at one time. It is best to choose a few expensive world-class art treasures for auction.

Xiao Yao has too many lots to choose from. After thinking about it for a while, he quickly selected 4 valuable world-class antique artworks for auction.

Taking into account that Lu Yahong specifically stated that he was collecting lots for the Yiyun Hong Kong Island Autumn Auction, the four artworks selected by Xiao Yao are all Western cultural relics.

In Panwu's collection, the top antique artworks and the most numerous are naturally the various types of cultural relics from the past dynasties of the country.

However, a large part of the domestic treasures and cultural relics are not allowed to leave the country. In order to avoid trouble, it is more appropriate to choose Western cultural relics.

The first of the cultural relics he was going to send was a glass vase with jewel-relief. The name he himself gave was "Vase of Eros."

The name is very common, but when it comes to the world-famous Portland vase, anyone who is concerned about Western cultural relics should not be unfamiliar.

The famous Portland vase is a glass vase with gem relief.

This vase is an ancient Roman vase decorated with a white pattern on dark blue glass (the production time is about the 1st century). This vase in the British Museum was owned by the Duke of Portland in the 18th century, so it was named Bo Tran vase.

The only vase of the same kind handed down today is the Portland vase, which was restored after fragmentation and is now in the British Museum.

The method of making Portland vases is an ancient craft called "Gem Relief Glass". This method is based on the technique of gem carving. First, the dark glassware that has just been made and has not been cooled is immersed in the white molten glass to form a light-colored appearance, and then taken out, and the white glass layer on the surface is removed immediately after it has cooled. Part, the dark background is exposed, thus forming a bas-relief-like decorative pattern.

A piece of glass is nothing unusual at present, but this kind of vase first appeared in the ancient Roman period, which is about the first century AD. The ancients about 2000 years ago were able to study such exquisite glass making craftsmanship, then It's amazing.

In today's world, Portland vases are recognized as the most exquisite ancient Roman gem glass products in existence. The exquisite craftsmanship and superb relief art are really amazing.

This kind of exquisite ancient art, if not for the collection of Pan Noon, the Portland vase is truly unmatched.

In the Panwu collection, there are many similar vases made during the ancient Roman period, and there are at least 10 of them.

Xiao Yao chose a vase embossed with a bathing picture in the Garden of Eros.

The relief art of this vase is not inferior to the Portland vase, and the entire vase is very complete, without any flaws or cracks.

The exquisite vase that he took out 2000 years ago, its outstanding artistry is shocking, and the humanistic significance it represents is even more incalculable.

The Portland vase was originally one of the treasures of the British Museum. Xiao Yao believed that once his Eros vase was promoted, it would shock the world.

He couldn't estimate how high the auction price of this vase could reach. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a priceless treasure.

The second lot he chose was "Bronze Statue of Discus Thrower".

"The Discus Thrower" is a bronze sculpture made by the Greek sculptor Miron in about 450 BC. The original work has been lost. The existing copies are all reproductions of later generations, most of which are carved in marble.

Xiao Yao chose to take out this collection for auction, firstly because the reputation of this work is big enough, it is already known to all over the world. The second is because this bronze sculpture is not only one, but there are four, and there is no reluctance to take out one of them and send it to auction.

It was too long, and Xiao Yao had no way of knowing that there were several pieces of this bronze sculpture made at that time. There are 4 pieces in Panwu's collection, which means that the number of pieces produced at that time was at least 4 pieces.

The reason why there are multiple pieces of the same work is probably related to the actual needs of Greece at that time.

In ancient Greek society, martial arts prevailed. Urban citizens were proud of being able to conquer and fight. They placed great emphasis on physical training, popular sports competitions, and admired people's physical fitness. In addition to the usual competitions held in various cities, it is also stipulated that a large-scale athletic event will be held in Yaqu Olympia every four years, and the participants are all physically strong naked men.

Today, the quadrennial World Olympic Games has inherited this Greek tradition. In ancient Greece, the winners of the competition were regarded as the grace of the gods, they were supremely glorious, and were enthusiastically praised and admired by the whole people. The sculptors were asked to commemorate their statues and worship them like gods, and the trees were for learning to imitate. example.

The "Discus Thrower" statue is a commemorative statue made for the Olympia athletes.

Such memorial statues are often produced in more than one piece due to various needs. It is not unusual for Panwu to have four bronze statues of discus throwers in his hands.

The works of Miron in Panwu's collection are not the only work of Discus Thrower. All of Miron's works in his collection add up to 23 pieces.

The bronze statue of Miron's other masterpiece, "Dallas, the Long-distance Running Winner", also contains two bronze statues in Panwu's hands.

In this work, Miron chose the momentary action in motion, and the long-distance runner was rendered lifelike, his breathing can almost be heard, and it also has a very high artistic level. This work has been recorded in many documents, but apart from the Panwu collection, it has long since been lost in reality.