“... The Buddha statues of the Sixteen Kingdoms period are still very easy to recognize, except for the small size, the shape of the Buddha statues is almost the same.

Basically, it's like a mold printed, it doesn't seem to distinguish who is who, the structure is basically a four-legged square sitting + main Buddha + backlight + umbrella cover, and the hairstyle is generally a polished bun, which is as light as a ball, which is very different from the Gandhara-style dreadlocks when the Western Regions were introduced.

The forehead of the Buddha statue is relatively wide, the eyes are level, and the eyes are large and long, about the same as an almond. ”

Saying that, Zhang Nan got started directly, tried the weight and firmness, and then turned on the destruction mode, and actually removed the "umbrella cover" on the top of the main Buddha's head and the "backlight" behind it.

The "umbrella cover" is inserted on the "backlight", and it is quite convenient to combine and disassemble.

"You see, the Buddha statues of the Sixteen Kingdoms period basically have such tenons on the back of their necks, which are used to connect the backlight, but most of the Buddha statues of the Sixteen Kingdoms period that have been found have lost their backlights and umbrella covers.

In addition, the clothes of this Buddha statue are basically collarless full-shoulder coats, while the clothing characteristics of earlier Gandhara Buddha statues in the Western Regions are mostly full-shoulder coats with open right shoulders and one side of the cover.

Our Chinese people have always had symmetrical aesthetic characteristics, and the original Western Regions Buddha statue had a V-shaped or U-shaped collar not long after the right shoulder arrived in the Central Plains.

However, at that time, there were still Gandhara-style Buddha statues, but they were not objects of worship alone, and were usually carved into caves.

The Buddha statue of the individual worship is basically like this Buddha statue in action, knotting the meditation seal, stumbling and sitting on the square pedestal, placing both hands flat on the legs, one palm on the other, putting both hands down in front of the abdomen, placing the right hand on the left hand, the two thumbs touching, and never exposing the feet.

The Gandhara Buddha statue does not have a four-legged square seat, and the platform that appeared on the Buddha statue in the Sixteen Kingdoms period should be derived from the four-sided couch of the Han Dynasty, and the Buddha statue of the Sixteen Kingdoms is the thing after the Gandhara Buddha statue was localized in China.

There are a lot of Buddha statues built here, and this size is even more rare!

Bronze material, the bottom of the main Buddha is hollow, gilded, and all pairs. ”

Then Zach asked weakly: "Boss, the words behind this don't seem to be Chinese characters, right?"

Although I don't know it, it's not a Chinese character, and this Zack can still distinguish clearly.

When Zhang Nan heard this, he smiled and said, "You are careful."

If it's not Chinese characters, it's not Chinese?

This is the Gandhara script, which was found in the early Buddha statues of the Sixteen Kingdoms in the Central Plains of China, but it was all Chinese characters from the middle and late periods.

Imported products, at the beginning of the popular use of some imported words, it seems taller, hehe... Maybe it may also be the Hexi Corridor a little more west of the Central Plains at that time, or the believers of the Sinicized countries in the Western Regions made offerings, and then flowed into the Central Plains, and it may not be ......"

Zack: They know what the Hexi Corridor is and what the Western Regions are, and with such a boss, it is not self-motivated to make up for the geography and simple history of China.

There would be Henri Deborsen and the storekeeper there, and Zhang Nan didn't say anything about Lu Wen—he had seen it in the Western Frontier, and he had seen it in the artifacts of the Western Regions of ancient China in the Third Reich Museum in Berchtesgaden.

This Lu script used to be the common language of the ancient Khotan and Shanshan kingdoms, but with the decline of the Kushan, Khotan, and Shanshan kingdoms, the Lu script was discontinued in the 7th century AD.

Zhang Nan can be a person of what kind of writing, but "illiterate",. It doesn't matter, there are more archaeological discoveries in Luwen, and now through the joint efforts of scholars from all over the world, this is already an ancient script that can be translated and read, and you can find an expert who can recognize it with a few phone calls, and there should be one in New York.

"Can't be wrong, Zack, this is an early large-scale Buddha statue of the Sixteen Kingdoms, a fine product! If I make a mistake, I will go back and invite everyone to eat on Fifth Avenue, and the restaurant will be of your choice. ”

Everyone smiled cooperatively - there are a few restaurants on Fifth Avenue that are not cheap, this is a "big deal", and if you don't have a reservation, many people don't have a place yet.

It's not that there is really no place, there are reservations, and you have to rely on brushing your face.

Of course, Zhang Nan can eat at any time, but bring 20 bodyguards...

That also has to be booked, and people don't have that many reserved places at all.

Haikou praised it, speaking of this, Zhang Nan was a little emotional, and said to Xiang Weirong: "When I was on a business trip with Lao Ying, I invited a five-centimeter-high bronze Buddha statue of the Sixteen Kingdoms on the stall in Jin Province, and the umbrella cover and backlight were all gone, which can't be compared with this." ”

At that time, I was an "apprentice", just getting rid of the confusion of returning to the 80s, and the life of running around but happy, full of hope and painful in my heart is gone forever.

"I haven't seen you take it out. ”

Zhang Nan smiled, "Small objects, not valuable, haven't they been on the old table in the living room, brother-in-law, you may not have paid attention to it before." It should still be on the old side of the house, as if I had received it in the drawer of the old square table.

There are not many people who know this thing in China, and even fewer people know it in the south, so it cost me 2 yuan to ask for it.

If it weren't for the fact that it's copper, I guess one dollar would be enough. ”

How many cents is two yuan, yuan?

In the eyes of Zach and Randy and others, the boss is a big profiteer in his bones!

The Buddha statue of fifteen or six hundred years ago was bought for dozens of cents, and this is still an expensive expression - how dark is the boss's experience?!

Is the heart black?

It's not black, it was really at this price three years ago, how many people would know that it was a Buddha statue from the 16 Kingdoms period?

Even if you know it, it won't cost ten yuan, which is too inconspicuous.

Xiang Weirong felt a little speechless, and after thinking about it, he asked, "What about this one?"

"At home?"

Zhang Nan asked rhetorically.

"Hmm. ”

"If you don't know the goods, there are dozens of dollars, even if someone knows the goods, it's only a few hundred, one or two thousand dollars, and you have to decipher the price of these words behind.

If you have spare money, it is better to invest in Qing Dynasty official kilns, calligraphy and paintings, there are too few people who invite this, and it is estimated that you will have to wait for more than ten or twenty years if you want to heat it up.

Of course, if these texts say which king custom-made the Buddha statue, then another one might have a few thousand. ”

The value is not high, but except for Zhang Nan, no one here will underestimate this inconspicuous Buddha statue - early enough, it is still the best in the same period!

Putting the backlight back, Zhang Nan asked casually: "I forgot to ask, brother-in-law, how is Lao Ying doing now?"

"A capable person, being the vice president of your little brother, occupying the market everywhere, and no one is seen at home. His wife sometimes complains to your sister, saying that this deputy is busier than the previous salesman.

Little Nana is the same, she never sees his father, and she is not happy to call me uncle when she meets me. ”

Speaking of the second half, this great honor also laughed.

The talented people of the Material Bureau have been dug up, and even the eldest son of the Guo Bureau has taken refuge in him, this kind of complaint is just a joke - I don't know how many times the income has increased, and I am busy and busy, all of them are willing.