Chapter 1369 Musée Guimet
When Ye Tian and the others returned to the hotel by car, it was already noon.
After having lunch at the hotel and taking a short rest, Ye Tian set off with Betty and drove straight to the Musée Guimet in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, where he was going to pick out his favorite Chinese antiques.
Founded in 1889 by Lyon industrialist Emile Guimet, the Guimet Museum of Asian Art, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, is a famous museum with a history of more than 100 years.
When it was founded, the museum focused on the religious cultures of Egypt, Rome, Greece, and other Asian countries.
Later, as a result of a series of expeditions to different parts of the Far East, the Guimet Museum became more and more interested in Asia while preserving the religious part of Ancient Egypt.
In 1945, the collection of French state-owned museums was reorganized on a large scale, and the Musée Guimet underwent a major change again!
On this occasion, the Guimet Museum transferred its Egyptian part to the Louvre, which in turn gave back the Asian art section, making the Guimet Museum the premier museum of Asian art.
Among them, there are tens of thousands of Chinese antique artworks in the museum's collection, from Neolithic jade, Shang and Zhou bronzes, to modern antique artworks, covering a wide range!
In particular, the porcelain collection is the largest overseas museum in the collection of Chinese antique porcelain!
Through the collection of 10,000 or 20,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain, the Guimet Museum enables people to visit the museum to see the whole history of the development of Chinese porcelain!
From the earliest pottery, to coarse porcelain, to celadon and hard porcelain, the Chinese porcelain collection of the Guimet Museum clearly reflects the innovation of porcelain history!
In the collection of Chinese porcelain in the Guimet Museum, there is no shortage of fine porcelain from the five famous kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty 'Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun and Ding', as well as the highly sought-after Yuan blue and white porcelain and so on.
In addition to porcelain, the museum also houses thousands of paintings from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, many of which are priceless and top-notch works of art!
In addition, the Guimet Museum's collection of Chinese bronzes, ancient jades, and ancient cultural classics is also famous in the field of antique art collection!
These fine collections of the Guimet Museum are all treasures that make Ye Tian salivate, and they are also the purpose of his visit to the Guimet Museum.
The only pity is that the Guimet Museum is more picky, and is only willing to take out twenty pieces of Chinese antique artwork in the collection in exchange for the three pieces of jewelry of Queen Mary, which requires Ye Tian to make a choice!
The Regina Hotel is not far from the Guimet Museum, and in less than twenty minutes, Ye Tian and the others took a car to the entrance of the Guimet Museum.
As soon as he got out of the car, Ye Tian saw a group of people walking out of the gate of the museum and walking quickly towards him.
The two people at the head, one is an old friend Martinez, and the other is Florent, the director of the Guimet Museum, who had a relationship in New York before, and they knew each other!
Behind them are several high-level officials of the Louvre and the Guimet Museum, as well as several experts in the appraisal of antique artworks, most of whom are familiar faces!
When he got closer, Florent, who was the landlord, took the lead in shaking hands with Ye Tian, and said with a smile:
"Good afternoon, Steven, it's a pleasure to meet you, and welcome to the Guimet Museum of Asian Art, you're finally here, if you don't come again, we may have to change our minds!"
Ye Tian shook hands with this old friend and replied with a chuckle:
"Florent, good afternoon, I'm glad to see you, it's been almost a year since New York was gone, and you look very good, it seems that you should be in good health!
The Guimet Museum in charge of you, I have been longing for a long time, just this solemn and elegant, ancient building, full of historical charm, and the charm of art!
I had some things to attend to, so I didn't have time to visit the Musée Guimet, but this morning when things were finally done, I rushed here right away!
Fortunately, you haven't changed your mind, otherwise it would be a pity, in which case I would have had to exchange with the Château de Fontainebleau, where there are a lot of Chinese antiques that appeal to my heart!"
Hearing his words, many French guys at the scene rolled their eyes in unison, and they all complained angrily.
Sure enough, it's exactly like the legend, what an incomparably greedy bastard! This is a clear waiting price to sell, and he doesn't even bother to do a little superficial work to cover up!
Although they were very angry in their hearts, these Frenchmen had nothing to do with Ye Tian at all, so they could only curse a few words secretly, and let out the depressed breath in their hearts!
"Something to do? Steven, are you shipping those antiques back to New York that were looted from the San Tuan thrift market?
Martinez interjected, still with a pained expression.
"That's right, Martinez, my personal lawyer and the representative of the three major auction houses in New York, has already left Paris with those antique works of art and flown to New York!
But I don't agree with the word looting you said, the origin of those antique artworks is all legal, and the transaction process is open and transparent, how can it be said to be looting?"
Ye Tian nodded with a chuckle and said, with a bit of smugness in his eyes.
It's not a loot?
What you bastard did at the Saint-Touan thrift market is the ransacking of the red fruit, and you should never try to deny it!
The San Tuan thrift market, which has been ransacked by you bastard, is now completely shrouded in a gloomy fog, and you don't want to relax in less than half a year!
Many French people secretly complained again, not to mention how depressed they were!
Next, Ye Tian shook hands with many French people at the scene one by one, said hello one by one, and briefly introduced his entourage.
After a few words of greeting, accompanied by a group of French guys, Ye Tian took Betty and Anderson into the Guimet Museum with a smile and a smile.
They were followed into the museum by Matisse, Taylor, and Lisa, as well as two other security guards!
The rest of the security personnel stayed outside the museum, maintaining a certain level of vigilance, sitting in a few Mercedes-Benz bulletproof SUVs and waiting, and they could also provide support to Ye Tian and them at any time!
All this that happened at the entrance of the Guimet Museum fell into the eyes of the surrounding passers-by and tourists, and also caused a small commotion!
"Am I right? The guy who just walked into the museum seems to be Steven's crazy bastard, what is he doing at the Guimet Museum? Is he going to ransack this famous museum?"
"It's Steven's bastard, yes, but it's obviously impossible to ransack the Guimet Museum, and this isn't the Saint-Touan antique thrift market, so he can take what he wants!
If you want me to say, this crazy bastard should be expelled from the country at once, and let him stay in Paris, not only will the city be ruined, but it will be ransacked!"
Just when the people outside the museum were talking, Ye Tian and the others had already passed through the museum hall and ticket gate and officially entered the exhibition area.
As soon as he entered the house, Florent, the director of the Guimet Museum, asked out loud:
"Steven, do you want to admire the Chinese antiques in the exhibition area first, or do you go to the warehouse first and look at the Chinese antiques in stock?"
Ye Tian quickly glanced at the situation in the exhibition area, and then said with a smile:
"Let's enjoy the antique artworks in the exhibition area first, especially the bronze elephant statue from the late Yin Shang period, I have been admiring it for a long time, and I can't wait to see that bronze object immediately!
Later, let's go to the warehouse, admire the antique works of art in stock, and pick out the treasures that make me happy, and this afternoon, I'm going to stay at the Guimet Museum!"
"In that case, then come with me, and I'll take you to admire the famous bronze elephant first, which is the treasure of our Guimet Museum!"
Florent nodded and said, his facial muscles twitched obviously, obviously his flesh hurting!
Then, the Frenchman took Ye Tian and them to the exhibition area.