Chapter 666: The Treasure Room
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"This ...... These are all porcelain from China?"
Zhuang Rui saw at a glance that there were four or five rows of wooden shelves in front and back, more than 20 meters long, and on each shelf, a few centimeters apart, a piece of exquisite porcelain was placed, Zhuang Rui did not know how many ancient Chinese porcelain there were. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past, I often heard Uncle De or Jin Fatzi and others say that the best antiques in China are all in foreign countries, although I have heard a lot, but there is no direct cognition in the senses, but now I see the scene in front of me, Zhuang Rui understands.
Porcelain is fragile, this is a clear truth, in the course of China's history for thousands of years, are accompanied by the scourge of war, and in this process, many unique fine porcelain, have been lost in the war.
Later, such as the official kiln porcelain of the Song and Ming dynasties, basically all of them were in the court of the Qing Dynasty, and they were only paid tribute to the emperor to play with and appreciate, and the folk were rare to see.
It can be said that Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were the largest antiques at that time, no way, the conditions are good, you can use the power of the country to collect your favorite things, you can't accept it.
But this is also the source of the loss of cultural relics in later generations, after the door of China was knocked open by the Eight-Nation Alliance in the 18th century, the precious cultural relics placed in the Old Summer Palace were looted and counted.
Later generations of scholars once roughly counted that there were probably millions of precious Chinese antiques lost abroad, and most of them were collected in the Old Summer Palace, that is, at least more than 10,000 pieces of Chinese art were looted from the Old Summer Palace.
Not to mention anything else, that is, in the fifties and sixties, the pigsty fences around the Old Summer Palace were all carved and painted of fine stone, and it is conceivable how precious the objects that were snatched away would be.
For example, Wu Guanzhong, Chen Danqing, a famous painter in modern China, and others have said that among the antiques handed down from Chinese history, the objects in the Old Summer Palace are of the best quality and the highest artistry.
And at this moment, these precious porcelain, which only stayed in the legend, were placed in front of Zhuang Rui, so that Zhuang Rui, who was already prepared in his heart, was also in a mood, and took a few deep breaths in a row before calming down.
Perhaps Picasso's sketches are more valuable than these porcelain, but psychologically, Zhuang Rui would rather exchange Picasso's works for these objects, after all, the production process between the two is different, and it is difficult to say who is more precious.
The successful firing of a piece of exquisite and precious porcelain requires the efforts of countless people, and the cost of this sketch painting is extremely low, a sketch paper, a few pencils are enough, but it also represents the author's hard work.
Of course, this is just Zhuang Rui's thoughts, if Ezkena next to him learns that he calculates the value between the two in this way, it is guaranteed that Ezkenna will slaughter Zhuang Rui as a pig.
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"Yes, Zhuang, these porcelains, since my grandfather's father, have been collecting, and I have been for several generations, there are more than 20,000 pieces in total.
Starting from the three-color porcelain of the Tang Dynasty in China, all the porcelain of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties has been available, and there have been people who want to buy these items from me, but I have refused, Zhuang, you are the first Chinese...... to come here"
Looking at these fine porcelains of different shapes and sizes, Ezkenna's heart was full of pride, he had visited many treasure rooms specializing in Chinese art, but no one could surpass him in porcelain.
"More than 20,000 pieces?"
Rao is Zhuang Rui's psychological quality is good, and he also exclaimed.
"Yes, it's more than 20,000 pieces, and under these Duobao Pavilion cabinets, there are porcelain, if you are interested, you can also check them out one by one, but then it will take a long time......"
Ezkena was afraid that Zhuang Rui would not believe his words, so he squatted down, opened the cabinet door under a wooden shelf, and took out an object wrapped in layers of old newspapers from inside.
Seeing that this piece of porcelain, which can be rated as a national second- or third-class cultural relic, in Ezkena, it can't even be put on a display case, which makes Zhuang Rui feel a little incredible.
However, looking around, this layer of porcelain densely packed with dozens of square meters of space also allows Ezkenner's actions just now to explain clearly, and if he is Zhuang Rui, I am afraid he will also pick up the best and put it outside.
"Mr. Ezkenna, this plum vase from the Qing Dynasty of China is not very small, and the value is not very high, such porcelain, I don't see it......"
Zhuang Rui took the plum vase with enamel pinched gold wire from Ezkena, played with it, and said to Ezkenna.
However, when he said this, Zhuang Rui was still a little weak-hearted, although the auction price of this thing, in the Chinese art market, is about three or four hundred thousand RMB, but it is such a thing, Zhuang Rui's collection, there is not a single one.
Of course, Zhuang Rui's restored Ruyao porcelain and the black pottery of Longshan culture are worth far more than this porcelain, but when you open a museum, you can't just put those two pieces, right?
Porcelain like these, which can represent the level of cultural craftsmanship of a certain period, is still very important for a museum.
"Of course, of course...... Zhuang, this is just some of the more common porcelain in my collection, and the best objects are all placed on the shelves, you can choose them one by one......"
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Ezkenna hurriedly explained, as he himself said, this plum vase, he also can't see it, imagine that you are facing tens of thousands of precious porcelain all day long, how can you put these porcelains with a medium level of firing technology in your eyes?
No matter how good things are, when you see too much, you will become numb.
For example, if you live in a house where everything is made of gold, you don't think it's a great thing, even if you know the price of gold, and that's how Ezkena is in mind!
"Mr. Ezkenna, I am surprised by your collection, and perhaps I will consider exchanging a few more of Mr. Picasso's works with you, but ......"
Zhuang Rui knows the truth that you must take it in advance, and he knows that Ezkenner's mind to get Picasso's works is much stronger than his own, so he deliberately half-said and waited for Ezkena to interface.
Sure enough, Ezkenner's eyes lit up after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, and he said: "Dear Zhuang, you are really a great *** family, you can get so many Picasso works, you can rest assured, I will definitely exchange Chinese friends in the most reasonable way......"
It seemed that his confession was not straightforward enough, Ezkenna thought for a while, and said: "In these collections of mine, some are obtained from your motherland, of course, I don't hide it, that kind of means is not bright, Zhuang, we are all friends, I can consider it, like this porcelain, give you some for free!"
"Send me some?!"
Zhuang Rui wondered if his ears had heard it wrong, and turned his gaze to Ezkenna, these hundreds of thousands of things, just send them?
Ezkenna nodded and said with certainty: "Of course, in order to compensate for the harm caused by my ancestors to the Chinese people, I can make the decision and send you a batch of such porcelain."
But...... Zhuang, I hope you can understand that there is no way to give you things like the ones on the list I have listed for you, because there are other heirs in my family, and it is okay to exchange them, but I will not agree to them ......"
"Yes, of course I understand, on behalf of my museum, thank you for your generosity, as a friend, I will not make it difficult for you in front of the family, Mr. Ezkenner, you can rest assured, our deal will make you a real international *** family......"
Zhuang Rui couldn't wait to hug Ezkena and kiss him at this time, this guy is too particular, although the current market value of these porcelains is not very high, but they are really Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain.
With the heating up of China's antique market, in a few years, it will be doubled by 1o times, that is normal, Zhuang Rui didn't expect Ezkena to be so generous, open his mouth to send a batch, if this is known by Jin Fatzi and others, then don't envy yourself?
However, Zhuang Rui does not know what the market will be in a few years, but for now, this batch of porcelain is absolutely as important as sending charcoal in the snow to his museum.
In fact, Zhuang Rui doesn't know that in foreign countries, some private *** families often give their collections to the National Museum, and some will give them to private museums, and do not charge any fees and returns, although the behavior of these people is difficult to understand, but this is indeed a real thing.
"Okay, Mr. Zhuang, you can pick the porcelain you are interested in......"
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Ezkena knew that his performance had truly won Zhuang Rui's friendship.
For Ezkena, if all these porcelains were put up for auction, it was estimated that the market would be overwhelmed, and even if they were auctioned slowly, they would probably not be sold out in his lifetime.
It's not a big deal to give away 100 pieces, and Ezkenner's grandfather once gave thousands of pieces of porcelain from China to the British Museum.
After thanking Ezkena again, Zhuang Rui turned his attention to the porcelain on the shelves.
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