0227 Secrets Under the Tudor Rose

The front and back of the wooden door have a very light carving ornamentation, from the process of view, it belongs to the sunken carving, the decoration is faintly concave, slightly lower than the plane of the door panel.

Shen carving is also known as Yin carving, Yin carving skills were widely used in different materials in ancient times, such as wood carving, stone carving, seal carving, bamboo carving, gourd, gourd, etc., all countries in the world have this craft, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient Rome and other civilizations of artwork, buildings have the use of Yin carving skills, and then spread to European countries.

At first, Wu Qian and his entourage did not notice this carving, because it was too shallow, it can almost be said that it is not clear to see, and it needs to be touched with your hands to feel it.

"Is this wooden door original, it hasn't been replaced, has it?" Wu Qian asked with squinted eyes and laboriously looking at the carved ornaments.

No one answered his words, they were all looking at it carefully, and suddenly, David exclaimed, "BOSS, the carved ornament on this door seems to be ...... It seems to be a Tudor rose, I'll take a look at it again. ”

Squeak, David pulled the door lightly, walked outside the cellar and looked at it carefully, and said, "Yes, that's right, there are Tudor roses on both sides, and Tudor roses are the royal coat of arms during the Tudor dynasty!"

The Tudor dynasty was founded in 1485 A.D. and fell in 1603, with 6 generations of monarchs and 118 years of reign. The Tudor dynasty was the last absolute monarchy in English history.

Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519, and the timeline between the servants who stole Leonardo da Vinci's paintings crossed the Channel from France to the island of England, and then entered Leeds Castle several times.

"BOSS, if there is any color for the carving on this door, this part of the stamen is yellow, this circle of rose petals is white, this circle of petals is red, and the outermost leaves are green. This is the most primitive form of the Tudor Rose from the Tudor period! This door must be hundreds of years old, and it is probably a product of the Tudor period. ”

David analyzed that as an Englishman, he still has some reserves of historical knowledge about his country.

David's judgment that the wooden door was built during the Tudor dynasty has a certain reason, because if it is a modern imitation, first of all, the wear will not be so serious, and at the same time, it may not necessarily carve the original pattern of the Tudor rose, it is very likely to choose the evolutionary pattern, if it was built before the Tudor dynasty, even this pattern was not born, let alone possible.

Even if a later dynasty built a wooden door and installed it here, it would not be possible to carve the royal coat of arms of the Tudor dynasty, because after the fall of the Tudor dynasty, there were several dynasties, who would decorate their castle with the ornaments of the previous dynasty......

The origin of the Tudor rose is due to the marriage of two large families, which made a white rose and a red rose combined. There are several styles of the Tudor rose, sometimes called the English rose, which is a traditional emblem of England. Over the years, the style of the Tudor rose has also undergone some evolution.

Wu Qian suppressed the excitement in his heart, knocked on the wooden door vigorously, made a dull knocking sound, it sounded solid, he turned on the flash on the mobile phone camera, and looked in along some small cracks, but the gaps were not deep, and he couldn't see anything.

The best way to deal with a major suspect is to "interrogate" to the end.

"Demolished!" Wu Qian said to several bodyguards around him: "Directly dismantle the wooden door!"

If the relevant departments knew that Wu Qian had demolished the cellar door as soon as he arrived at Leeds Castle, he would definitely be so angry that he would have to issue a ticket, but Wu Qian didn't bother to care about that, and now it was obviously more important to find Leonardo da Vinci's oil paintings.

Several bodyguards did not hesitate, David and Bauer touched their bodies, and out of nowhere, they pulled out a very strange style of saber, the cold light shimmered. Cooks and Rosalind slammed the door up, and David and Ball quickly tinkered with the large hinges that connected the wooden door.

Boom!

Losing the load, the wooden door fell heavily on the stone slab, which can feel very weighty, and if you hit your foot this time, basically, your foot will be scrapped.

"Boss, give way, let's lift the door inside the cellar. Cooks said.

Because there was no suitable point of focus, the four bodyguards pressed their palms against the wooden door and used friction to lift it up and move it to the cellar. Considering that if there is really an oil painting hidden in the door, it can only be gently put down, otherwise it will shatter.

David and Bauer had bruises on their necks, the door was really heavy.

Karma.

With a soft thud, the wooden door lay on the stone floor of the cellar.

"Boss, this one weighs at least 200 pounds!" Davy said. 100 pounds is almost 90 pounds, and 200 pounds is 180 pounds, which is indeed very heavy.

Wu Qian squatted down and touched the wooden door, under the light of the wine cellar, the carving of red and white roses was a little clearer, although it was not a very exquisite craftsmanship, but the lines were still soft and distinct.

"How do you get it?" Wu Qian knocked on the wooden door and said, "How can you dismantle it?" If the oil painting is really inside the door, how can it not damage the oil painting?"

If such a thick wooden door hides a painting inside, it is completely fine, and it is very suspicious.

The five people carefully studied the wooden door, not to mention, although it was a wooden door built 500 years ago, but the wooden door was really strong, tightly fitted, there was no obvious seam, but unfortunately the effort paid off, and finally Kuks found a splicing opening.

This time it was exciting, although it was midnight, Wu Qian was not sleepy, the four bodyguards were busy, Wu Qian was watching from the side, and reminded him from time to time.

"Be careful, be careful...... Let's just dismantle it as if there was really an oil painting hidden inside, don't damage it. ”

Wu Qian was very nervous, if there was really such a painting, it would be a pity that it was damaged, it didn't matter if the money was not money, the problem was that some items could not be measured by economic value.

The strength of the people is great, and under the joint efforts of several people, after more than 10 minutes, the wooden door was finally dismantled, and the wooden planks were piled up on the ground, and there was a pile of stones cut very neatly next to it, not to mention why it was so heavy.

At this moment, no one was interested in the wreckage of the wooden door, and four bodyguards were surrounding Wu Qian, who was holding a wooden board in his hand, and on the wooden board was a beautiful oil painting.

The whole painting is not very large, Wu Qian compared it, and it feels similar to a 24-inch computer screen, and it is an oil painting with distinctive Western characteristics as a whole.

Oil painting on wood is a very popular style in the Renaissance, because it is very well preserved, the oil painting as a whole has not been greatly affected, but it looks a little old, and there is no damage at all.