Yayoi Takahashi is the director of the Mino Museum of Ancient Pottery, a private museum established by a large consortium, and the reason why it was not built in a bustling city is because of its very special position in the history of Japanese pottery. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As an expert in pottery culture, Takahashi was most fascinated by Shino pottery from the Momoyama period, which he considered to be an irreplaceable peak in the Japanese pottery industry.

However, because "mugwort" was hard to find, the output of Shino pottery in the Momoyama period was not large, and in addition to the frequent wars later, there were even fewer that could be handed down. As a professional museum established in the Mino area, the small number of Shino pottery in the Momoyama period has always been a big regret for him.

It's not the first time Takahashi has come to London, and it's not the first time he's visited the Porterrow Road Market, but he didn't expect to encounter any Japanese artifacts here, especially a treasure like an Eshino tea bowl from the Momoyama period, so when he saw the thing in Li Yi's hand, he didn't care about the rudeness at the moment, and quickly stopped him.

"You're saying you'd like to see this tea bowl?"

Li Yi probably knew the status of Eshino in Japanese pottery collection in the Momoyama period, but he really didn't know what the real market situation was. Now that he was dozing, someone gave him a pillow, and since the old gentleman was so excited, he should have been able to tell him something.

So after determining the other party's true intentions, he didn't care about the rules of porcelain, and directly handed over the tea bowl to Takahashi's hand.

"This is a masterpiece of the Momoyama period of Eshino, and although it is broken, it cannot hide its thrilling beauty! Sir, my name is Yayoi Takahashi, and I am the director of the Mino Museum of Ancient Pottery in Japan, and I would like to ask you to donate this pottery to my museum! ”

Li Yi first heard Takahashi say that this tea bowl was thrilling, and he was a little unimpressed, but people cherish their brooms, and he didn't want to say much. It's just that I didn't expect that he didn't say a few words in total, and this guy actually asked him to donate so openly, and this time, he was really a little uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to change hands on this thing! And I'm a Chinese, so I don't donate my stuff to the Japanese hobby! ”

He glanced coldly at the Japanese who was still bowing, and refused directly.

"I'm sorry sir, I think, it should be that I didn't make it clear, our museum has a rule, and each donor will be given some financial compensation, if you choose to donate, I can also help you apply for this fund."

"Oh? Is it compensated? How many? ”

Li Yi's museum is also about to open, and he will definitely encounter problems in this area in the future, so he wants to hear what the policy of this museum is. In addition, from the amount of compensation, it should be possible to judge what the value of Eshino in the Momoyama period was.

"Sir, the compensation system of our museum is relatively simple, and no matter what kind of artifacts the donor donates, there is only 500,000 yen for each item. In fact, it is really inappropriate for donors to talk about money, but we must also express our hearts......"

Logically speaking, Li Yi agrees with Takahashi's point of view, since it is a donation, if you want to talk about money, it is better to buy it directly. But now that the hypothetical donor has been replaced by him, that sounds a bit harsh.

Seeing that Li Yi's face seemed a little unpleasant, Takahashi hurriedly said:

"Of course, for some special cultural relics, we will also have some special policies, and we will adjust the amount of compensation according to the specific value of the cultural relics. As for this Eshino, I think I will be able to help you get 10 million yen in compensation! ”

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, 10 million yen, almost more than 600,000 soft sister coins, for a piece of broken pottery, this amount is not low. Moreover, this is still the price given by the museum compensation, if it is really auctioned, I don't know how many times it will be doubled!

Are all things in Little Japan so expensive?

Li Yi remembered the previous "Edict of the Master of Wisdom" and "Wulu", couldn't help touching his chin, glanced at Takahashi who was waiting for him to answer with bad intentions, and shook his head.

"I'm sorry Mr. Takahashi, but I don't think this amount is too low, it's just that my museum is about to open, and I need some foreign cultural relics to exhibit......"

"Oh? Sir, you also own a private museum? ”

"Yes, my museum will open in February next year, Mr. Takahashi, if you have time, you can go over and have a look at it then, I have a few things there that you might be interested in."

"Really? That's a shame...... No, no, I'm not saying your museum ......"

Li Yi didn't care, and enthusiastically exchanged business cards with him. The purpose of his trip to Europe was not simple, he was not only prepared to promote it himself, but also to ask Rogov to help him promote it, so that he could open up his museum in the shortest possible time with famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa.

Bidding farewell to Gaoqiao, Li Yi then walked around the stall area, and soon, he saw something interesting, a pair of palace lamps painted with mahogany glass.

The palace lamp, as the name suggests, is the lamp used by the emperor in the imperial palace. Different from lanterns in the general sense, the orthodox palace lanterns are octagonal, hexagonal, and quadrangular types, and most of them are framed with fine wood, inlaid with silk yarn or glass, and painted with various patterns on the outside, which are more graceful and luxurious than those folk lanterns.

The pair of palace lamps that Li Yi saw were relatively small palace lamps, with a height of only more than 20 centimeters, and he guessed that it might be the kind of lighting that was carried on his hand.

But although the palace lamp is small, the shape is very exquisite, the whole is hexagonal, the mahogany lamp stand is carved with the word "longevity" and the back pattern, the glass is painted with flower and bird patterns, the lamp hexagonal carved animal head, decorated with enamel pieces inlaid with red tassels, it is a fine product at a glance.

Moreover, what is even more rare is that this pair of palace lamps, counting the lamp cap lamp body, a total of 24 pieces of painted glass, none of them are rotten! Moreover, Li Yi has looked at it twice before and after, and these glasses seem to be original, and there is no trace of replacement at all!

This is amazing, even if this pair of palace lamps was handed down from the late Qing Dynasty, not so long ago, but when they came to Europe across the ocean, they didn't even have a piece of glass broken, so its previous owner kept it too dedicated.

However, if it is so carefully kept, how can it be taken out and sold? And it's not at auctions, it's not that kind of big antique shop, but at this kind of stall that is not much better than a roadside stall!

Li Yi felt that he might have lost his eyes, but how could he be wrong when it came to wood carving and painting like this? (To be continued.) )