John. Karui didn't know where the power of the arowana came from, but Li Yi knew very well that it should be the cool qi absorbed from his body, so that this guy's spirit was even more vigorous and stronger than when he was not hooked in the water. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he knew this, the doubts in his heart at the moment were more than those of John who was at a loss. There are many more Karui, and the plants that contain cool air have some magic, so what about these animals?

Also, the plants that contain the cool air, the animals that absorb the cool air, and even the He Shou Wu, are these things really as simple as he sees now?

Frowning and pondering for a while, Li Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, this problem has not appeared in a day or two, what's the use of being entangled? Anyway, as long as it's harmless to him, it's not bad to live like this.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Yi, I really don't know how to express my apologies......"

After all, he is old, and this fall is more accidental, and there is no protection, so John. Karui suffered a minor injury to his lower back. But this is also good, you don't have to waste too much time on eating, visiting, and you don't have to worry about being graciously invited by him to go hunting.

If Li Yi still had the mind to do things slowly when he first came, as long as he could get stuck at the end of the Biennale and go back before those antique dealers held a party, then the discovery of the wooden box on the top of the dome had already given him a sense of impatience and gains, not to mention, there was a more important holy plate waiting for him.

The island is very beautiful, and the luncheon is very rich. Karui was absent due to emergency treatment, so several people, including Edmund, hurriedly ate a little and hurried back to the treasure room of the manor on the shore.

Before moving on to look at the rest of the collection, Li Yi roughly estimated that the value of the treasures he fancied should be around 40 million euros so far.

Of course, this value does not include the "Bellyache Sticker" that is actually Zhang Xu's authentic work, and he will not admit that it is Zhang Xu's authentic work, and even the phoenix-patterned jade twinkle, he will not admit that it is Lu Zigang's work, let alone think about the treasures hidden in the wooden box on the top of the cup.

But even if these are not counted, the estimated value of these cultural relics on the surface is still as high as 40 million euros, which can be said to be a bit unexpected by Li Yi. And because of the continuous appearance of unexpected factors such as the wooden box on the top of the dome, "Bellyache Sticker", and "Statue of David", Li Yi also had to carefully consider changing his plan and facilitating the conclusion of this deal as soon as possible.

Before, although he knew the preciousness of the inscription of the Virgin Theol, if this alone was not enough for him to rush through the transaction, his initial idea was that in John. Karui picks a few here, and then provides some artifacts of the same level for him to help search, and when the artifacts he has in his hands are roughly the same value as "The Scream", the two sides will complete the transaction.

But now that the situation has changed, this time-consuming plan is no longer feasible, and because of the appearance of "David", Li Yi hesitated between receiving cash and directly exchanging "David", and for a while, he didn't know what to do to maximize the benefits.

"Mr. Aemond, I think, John. . . There should be an approximate estimate of Mr. Karui's collection, right? So, I'll pick out all these things I like, please help me make a summary of quotations, and then we'll talk about it in detail, what do you think? ”

"No problem, it's just Mr. Li Yi, John. Mr. Karui told me that although he offered a sky-high price of 168 million for "The Scream", he didn't expect to see the physical object so quickly, so if you need a lot of cash, he hopes that you can give him a little time to raise money. ”

"Of course, there is no problem with this, after all, no one will always have so much cash in their hands......

Li Yi replied with a smile, but then added in his heart, "Except for him."

It's just that this is not something to be proud of, which can only show that his capital utilization rate is too low, or that he has no concept of operation and financial management at all.

Taking a few cultural relics that he liked in the morning to Aemond for quotation, Li Yi continued to look at the antiques one by one in front of the booth, and soon, he finished looking at all the antiques on the left half of the booth, although he saw two more pieces of ancient porcelain that were not bad, but compared to the ones he saw before, they were too discolored, so Li Yi was not ready to put them in the catalog of the first negotiation.

After a small turn, Li Yi came to the back of the booth, compared to the side he had just seen, the number of antiques here was not only slightly smaller, and the categories were not so numerous, but there were still many fine products.

The first thing that caught Li Yi's attention was a creamy yellow ivory ornamental bottle. The bottle is more than 40 centimeters tall and only about 10 centimeters in diameter, and it looks very conspicuous next to several pieces of porcelain of different colors and shapes.

"Daiyu buries flowers, Qingwen tears fans...... This is the story bottle of the characters in "Dream of Red Mansions"? ”

This ivory story bottle is oblate and round, and is composed of three separable parts: cap, bottle body and bottle base. The cover button is a lion rolling hydrangea, the lion's eyes are round, the mouth is slightly open and a long belt, and the hydrangea under the left front foot is completely hollowed. On the bottleneck, carved cursive text, there are four animal head ears, each animal head is tied to a ring, and the ring can be moved.

The belly of the bottle is carved with relief, openwork carving techniques to carve out the mountains, stones, flowers and plants, pavilions and pavilions and more than 50 people composed of "Dream of Red Mansions" character stories, including "Begonia Poetry Society", "Daiyu Burial Flowers", "Qingwen Tearing Fan", "Treading Snow to Find Plum" and other familiar plots. Among them, what Li Yi cares about the most is that the more than 50 women carved out not only have their own clothes, but also have the same facial expressions, the details, and even the lines of the bun are meticulously depicted!

"Awesome, awesome!"

In Li Yi's view, this ivory carving, whether it is modeling, intention or carving techniques are excellent, and it is particularly rare that its style is gorgeous and unconventional, the strange skills are ingenious and simple and generous, and the carving can always see the carver's ingenious knife processing, and its level is even above the maker of the tooth carving set ball he bought before, the famous ivory carving master Chen Zuzhang in the early Qing Dynasty!

It's just that the most precious thing about the ivory carving set of the ball is not the set of the ball itself, so although this piece is absolutely stable in terms of shape and concept, the value of the two is not the same.

"I got "The Scream" because of the tooth carving set ball, and because I wanted to exchange "The Scream", I found a tooth carving boutique that is more level above the tooth carving set ball, which is really interesting......

After playing carefully, Li Yi put the ivory carving bottle back in its place, and then his eyes flashed, and he picked up a sitting statue of Guanyin in Dehua kiln next to him.

This is also a sculpture, and because it is porcelain, it is called a porcelain sculpture.

This kind of sculpture not only needs to be molded, inlaid, and hand-carved, pinched, stacked, carved and other normal sculpture molding processes, and finally has to go through high temperature to be fired, so the production must take into account the drying and firing shrinkage, so the yield is often not very high, and the fine products are even rarer.

In the history of porcelain in China, porcelain products are most famous in the Dehua kiln of the Ming Dynasty, because the Dehua kiln is white porcelain, so in the history of ceramics in the world, the word "Huaxia white" has become synonymous with Dehua white porcelain.

According to records, the Dehua kiln of the Ming Dynasty is not only famous for its "ivory white" porcelain, but also has a very rich white porcelain shape, which can be passed down to this day, which is a rare treasure.

Li Yi's hand of this Guanyin seated statue, not only the fetal bones are white, solid and dense, its fetal glaze gives people a perfect feeling like the texture of jade, and what is particularly precious is that this is also a work of He Chaozong.

He Chaozong is a representative of the porcelain sculpture of Dehua kiln in the Ming Dynasty, especially good at making Buddha statues. According to historical records, his porcelain sculptures, as early as the 16th century, were regarded as "unique treasures in the world", and people "did not hesitate to buy them for thousands of dollars".

In particular, the white porcelain Guanyin of his sculptures in different forms, with the delicate texture of Dehua porcelain and the unique ivory white to show its quiet and soft charm, simple and elegant, smooth clothing lines, expressive expressions, vivid images, in Japan and Southeast Asian Buddhist countries, is regarded as a treasure of gods, in the eyes of Western Europeans, is regarded as "the fine art of oriental art".

And to this day, there are no more than ten porcelain sculptures that can prove to be made by He Chaozong himself, and less than half of the number is owned in China, and they are basically collected in museums, so although there are white porcelain works with the "He Chaozong" style at the auction from time to time, it can be seen from the transaction price, even if you buy it, you don't think it will be the real He Chaozong's work.

The real Dehua white porcelain Guanyin statue made by He Chaozong, Li Yi estimates that its true value is likely to be a sky-high price, and it should not be less than 50 million soft sister coins!

With a long breath of turbidity, Li Yi sped up, and after more than half an hour, after reading all the collections, he picked out a silk sunflower butterfly fan. This fan is also a rare and precious collection.

This fan, the whole is slender and oval, the size of the long side is about 20 cm, the horizontal side is only about 10 cm, one side is a sunflower butterfly picture, the other side is a golden book inscription poem,

"The white dew has only passed August, and the purple house and red leaves are desolate. The yellow flower is cold and no one looks at it, and she is alone to the sunset. ”

At the end of the inscription poem, there is a seal of "Imperial Sister Book", and in addition, there is another Feng Zizhenbai called "Song Gaozong Deshou Palace inscription sunflower fan surface".

Song Gaozong, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, and Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, who was captured by the Jin Dynasty, this guy's artistic achievements are far higher than his level as an emperor, but he is widely known because of the execution of the famous anti-Jin general and national hero Yue Fei, which cannot but be said to be a great regret. (To be continued.) )