Chapter 1383 Treasures of the Old Summer Palace
After a quick glance at the exhibition hall and a slight adjustment of his mood, Ye Tian turned his head to look at Benois and said:
"Benoit, since your Château de Fontainebleau has been kept secret, many Chinese antiques and works of art here are also the first time I have seen them, and I don't know much about them.
So, it's up to you to explain and lead you to visit, so that we can better understand the Chinese antique artworks displayed here.
For the value of these Chinese antique artworks, I will give a reasonable valuation based on my own judgment and combined with the current antique art market!
After visiting the Chinese antique artworks displayed here, let's go to the antique warehouse to see the treasures that are on the shelf, and I will make a choice among them!"
"Okay, Steven, let's explain and lead you to visit by the person in charge of the China Pavilion, he knows more about the Chinese antiques and artworks here.
Although you have never been here before, you are the top antique art appraisal expert, and you know Chinese antique art and traditional Chinese culture very well!
During the visit, if there are any mistakes or omissions in our explanation, you can point them out on the spot, and we are more than happy to listen to your opinions and improve them!"
Benois said with a smile and a nod, his expression quickly returning to normal.
"Okay, Benoit, let's get started, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the tour"
Ye Tian nodded lightly and had no objections.
Subsequently, Benoir pushed Guy Guy, the person in charge of the China Pavilion, to the front desk, and asked the Frenchman, who is in his fifties, to explain and lead everyone to visit the Chinese antique artworks displayed in the exhibition hall.
Guy took two steps forward, walked to the first piece of Chinese antique art, pointed to the treasure and began to explain.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it goes without saying that the vast majority of Chinese antiques and works of art here come from the Old Summer Palace, the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, which, as Steven said just now, was looted by the French army!
However, the painted incense burner in front of you is not the old Old Summer Palace, it comes from Wuhan, Hubei, China, according to research, this painted incense burner was originally enshrined in the Dragon King Temple in Hankou, Wuhan!
Behind this painted incense burner, the inscription 'Made in Hanyang' was cast in the early Qing Dynasty and bought by a French merchant in China at the beginning of the last century and brought back to France ,......"
Next, Guy explained and led everyone to visit the Chinese antique artworks displayed in this exhibition hall.
During this period, Ye Tian would interject a few sentences from time to time to correct the mistakes and omissions of the French Yankees' explanations, lest he lead everyone to the ditch and misunderstand these Chinese antique artworks.
"The three carpets on the ceiling are all 'silk carpets', which are of extraordinary value, and the silk is the most traditional kind of decorative silk fabric in the silk weaving industry of the Han nationality in China.
Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, silk has been one of the royal fabrics, often used to weave the emperor's clothing, the imperial statue and the imitation of celebrity calligraphy and painting, because the weaving process is extremely meticulous, the imitation is often better than the original.
At present, the surviving silk products are extremely rare, often have the reputation of "one inch of silk and one inch of gold" and "the saint of weaving", these three silk carpets from the Old Summer Palace are one of the best!
They represent the highest level of weaving during the Qianlong period, and judging from the content, these three silk carpets should be objects in one or several large Buddhist halls or temples in the Old Summer Palace.
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Let's talk about the big chandelier hanging under the silk carpet, I have to say that the designer who designed this chandelier is really an out-and-out idiot, it is simply a tyrannical thing!
What a beautiful cloisonné incense burner lid it was, but it was changed into a chandelier by that idiot, with a golden candlestick in the rococo style, and it gave people a nondescript feeling when they looked at it!
What's even more hateful is that the idiots who decorate this room actually punched holes in the portrait of Shakyamuni on the silk carpet just to fix this nondescript chandelier to the ceiling!
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This is a set of cloisonne five offerings, cloisonne is not rare, but such a huge and exquisite cloisonne five offerings, but extremely rare, the whole of China can not find a few.
Once again, I would like to condemn that idiot designer, Barbaty, who ruined the lid of the cloisonné incense burner, and did not even let go of this set of cloisonné offerings.
This set of cloisonné five offerings is beautiful enough, and that idiot actually added a luxurious and complicated French golden candlestick on it, and I don't know what he thinks!
Luckily, these Rococo-style French gold candlesticks were only inlaid on them, not drilled, and did not destroy the integrity of the cloisonné offering.
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The dating of this three-legged bronze tripod is not accurate, it is not a bronze of the Spring and Autumn Period, but a bronze of the late Western Zhou Dynasty, which is an undoubted important weapon of the country.
The introduction of this Qing Dynasty emperor's crown is also not very accurate, it is the crown of Emperor Qianlong, yes, but it is a crown worn in summer, which cannot be ignored.
Guy is right, but not accurate, this gilt turquoise coral mandala offering is indeed from Tibet, China, but the age is not Jiaqing, but Kangxi.
The same goes for this two-metre-high, richly decorated stupa, which dates from the early Qianlong period, and the scars show how brutal the French soldiers were when they looted the stupa.
In my judgment, this bronze gilt stupa probably came from the Fanxiang Building of the Hanjing Hall of the Changchun Garden in the Old Summer Palace, and it should have been made to enshrine the Buddha statue given by a certain monk.
This set of sixteen bronze gilt bells, the same size, but different thickness, their age is not so old, not the early Warring States period, but the early Western Han Dynasty.
But this does not detract from their value, in terms of their beauty, this is a very rare set of bronze chimes, and what is even more remarkable is that they are very well preserved.
This is indeed the gold wire of the kiln garlic bottle, about the existence of the kiln, where the kiln site is, has been the biggest suspense in the history of Chinese ceramics, this is a very good evidence.
It is the first time I have seen such a beautiful green jade water inkstone, according to my judgment, this green jade water inkstone with movable ears and simple shape is from the Jun kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is the collection of the 'Huifang Academy' in the Old Summer Palace.
This jade tripod is indeed from the Ming Dynasty, and the sculptor who carved this jade is a very famous jade carving master in Chinese history, Lu Zigang ,......"
While filling in the gaps for Guycha, lest he take others into the ditch, Ye Tian was also intoxicated to admire the Chinese antique artworks displayed in this exhibition hall, extremely focused!
The Chinese antique artworks displayed here are all open displays, except for a dispensable rope in front of the display shelf, there are no more protection measures, and every piece of antique artwork is within reach!
This kind of behavior of ignoring the safety of antique artworks is infuriating and worrying to watch, worrying about the safety of these Chinese antique artworks.
A few years ago, the Chinese Pavilion at the Palace of Fontainebleau was stolen and more than 20 precious antique works of art were lost.
Fortunately, after some twists and turns, all the stolen Chinese antique artworks fell into Ye Tian's hands and were brought back to Beijing by him, and the bad things became good things!
Although this way of displaying Chinese antique artworks made Ye Tian very unhappy, and he kept cursing and complaining in his heart, he would not let go of this God-given opportunity!
During the visit, he did not miss a single piece of Chinese antique art!
Every piece of Chinese antique art that appears in front of him, he will personally get his hands on those priceless treasures in his hands, take a good look at them, and have a good time, and have a good time!
Watching his actions, Benois and the other Frenchmen were worried, lest he make a mistake and bring irreparable damage to those antique artworks!
Although worried, those Frenchmen didn't stop it, letting Ye Tian pick up those Chinese antique artworks one by one, and enjoy those treasures, just like in his own home, leisurely!
Of course, if it were French antiques or Napoleon-related treasures, those Frenchmen would have a different attitude!
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