Hearing Li Yi's offer of 240,000 yuan, although he had been mentally prepared, Costa still felt very excited, but what he showed was a trace of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

"240,000? Although I don't know very well, but Mr. Li, this price seems to be a bit low? Besides, I always thought that these Japanese porcelains seemed to be more beautiful, but now they are an addition......"

Kusta's expression was very vivid and his movements were exaggerated, but Li Yi knew that he was taking the opportunity to hide the surprise in his heart.

Therefore, he shook his head with a smile.

In fact, at this price, he did drive a little low. Moreover, this price is not only low, it can even be said to be a bit outrageously low.

Because don't say that this is a complete set of Flower God Moon Cup, in fact, just that one Moon Cup, its real value is more than 5 million soft sister coins, and, if you meet those few who have other eleven Flower God Cup, but there is a lack of this Moon Cup of domestic collectors, I am afraid that if he offers 10 million, someone may rush to deal with him!

However, shoveling land is taking advantage of it, not to mention that it is still foreigner's land to shovel?

Moreover, for a foreigner who can use a Yueji cup that is likely to be worth more than 10 million soft girl coins as an ordinary coffee cup, 240,000 euros is definitely a conscience price.

Li Yi knew that if this price was known to other collectors in China, they would definitely scold his conscience for being eaten by dogs, but in fact, if it were their own, their offer would probably be more than 240,000 yuan. And when I communicate in the circle in the future, I will definitely not be ashamed of it, but will blow it up. Even enshrined this deal as a classic among the missing classics!

That's what leakage is. Indeed, many times, picking up leaks is pure red. A kind of actual robbery caused by the asymmetry of the amount of information and knowledge!

However, this kind of robbery, compared with other robbery, is a legal act, because it is like a pheasant with a pervert, the object of robbery. It is often very satisfying too!

"Mr. Cousta, I confess, for those few pieces of Japanese porcelain. I really don't know exactly how much they are in the market. However, it is important to emphasize that Japanese porcelain only began to appear in the 17th century, and these pieces are so exquisite. As you can imagine, they were fired not very long. And the value of antiques is often proportional to how long they have existed......"

For Li Yi's tirade, Costa really didn't know how to react. The more this guy listened, the more he had a headache, and finally he had to nod while smiling bitterly, okay, you won, you won on your bad enough English, Lao Tzu is listening to you stutter here at length in order to earn those few cents more. It's better to hurry up and get the real money in your hands......

Kusta's idea is unknown, but he thinks. It should have been his fluent English that accurately expressed what he meant, thus convincing him......

So he stood up happily and held out his right hand at Kusta. It's not easy, this bird language, it's finally passed!

The next procedure was very simple, Li Yi took out the standard form transfer agreement that he had always carried with him, filled in the price on it, and handed it to Kusta.

Kusta took the agreement and found that it was actually a few simple sentences, but there was nothing complicated about the deal itself, so he quickly signed his name.

"Happy working together!"

"Happy working together! Just ......"

Kusta's eyebrows furrowed, just what?

"I just don't know where the bathroom in your house is, Mr. Cousta, I ......"

"Hahahaha, do you see that hallway? You go to the end, and then on the right hand side is, well, have fun! Hahaha! ”

Seeing Kusta's hearty smile, Li Yi instantly felt that although this guy had grown a little fatter, frustrated, and behaved a little stupid and stupid, his personality was actually very good, and if they came to trade again at this time, he would definitely ...... Keep the price down a little lower......

Alas, it's still soft-hearted! But there is no way, who made him a good person?!

After coming out of the bathroom and paying the money, Li Yi was about to leave, but at this time, Kusta suddenly stopped him,

"Mr. Li, I'm very glad to have met you as a friend, I think we should celebrate! Wait a minute, I remember I have a bottle of Mouton Bordeaux in my house, so let's get rid of it today! ”

Costa got up to look for a drink, and Li Yi, who had done the most important thing, finally had the leisure to look around, and he was ready to visit this Italian country house.

Kusta's home is the most ordinary Western country house, and I don't know if it's because he and his family are lazy, so even the living room looks a little messy, so Li Yi just looked around twice, and lost interest.

However, just as he was about to return to his seat and sit down, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a picture frame hidden behind the sofa, and judging from the size, it was at least about two meters long.

Glancing at the wall behind the sofa, Li Yi nodded, this should be an oil painting, and most of it is hung on this wall, but, how could it be thrown in this place?

Kusta came out with a wine glass, and found that Li Yi was looking at the empty wall, and suddenly patted his head, by the way, he almost forgot, this guy, but he said at the beginning, he is not only interested in porcelain, he is interested in all good things!

At that moment, he didn't care about drinking and celebrating, he strode over and dragged the huge picture frame out from behind the sofa in front of Li Yi.

"It's an oil painting, and it was given to him by a friend of my grandfather, and I used to hang it here, but two days ago, Rosa came to play, so I hid it......"

This guy talked for a long time, and Li Yicai finally figured out that he was still a bachelor, and Rosa. It is likely that she will become his future wife, so he hid the painting when Rosa came to his house......

Because, this oil painting. The painting is a nude. Woman!

This oil painting is very large, almost one meter wide and nearly two meters long, and it depicts a Western girl lying on her back with her head in her hands.

To be honest, Li Yi is not very interested in this kind of oil painting. And, according to his aesthetic, he found. There should be some problems with the body shape of the nude woman in this oil painting, not only the head is slightly larger, but also according to the Western oil painting for the nude. The normal handling of the female is painted on the nude. The woman's waist is too thin. And the thighs. It's a little too short......

However, it was such a picture that was not very coordinated, but Li Yi faintly felt that he seemed to have seen it somewhere......

Rubbing his chin, he suddenly remembered that he had indeed seen it, but instead of the painting, he had seen the same model. Another painting in almost the same pose, only on that painting. This model is dressed!

The painting that Li Yi has seen is a world-famous painting, called "Masa in Clothes". That painting is the work of the famous painter Francisco in Spanish history. Goya's masterpiece has an extremely important position in the history of world oil painting, and in some of the introduction materials about world famous paintings, its ranking is even before the "Lavender Mist" he got before!

Thinking of that painting, Li Yi immediately thought of an unconfirmed legend about "Clothed Maha", and in that legend, there is this "Naked Maha"!

Francisco. Goya was a court painter who was already famous in the late 18th century. He was particularly adept at portraiture, having painted portraits of the Spanish royal family and many cultural figures of the time.

As a famous portraitist, his "Maha in Clothes" is the same as this "Naked. The body of the Maha", there is a problem of incongruity in the proportions of the human body. According to his styling ability, this situation should be absolutely impossible, so people speculate that this is intentional on his part.

As we all know, in the history of traditional Spanish painting, nude. Female portraits rarely appear, as they were not tolerated by the Spanish Inquisition at the time. But Goya just painted such a painting "Naked. The Maha of the Body" and the slightly exaggerated use of the unreasonable human form, so it is believed that he was using the painting to express his dissatisfaction with the rules and regulations of the time.

From this point of view, it not only explains why there is a disharmony in the proportions of the human body in the oil painting, but also explains why there are two paintings that are almost the same at the same time, but one is dressed and the other is naked. body of this question.

Because of the legend, it was because at that time he painted naked. After the news of the woman came out, in order to cope with the inspection of the Inquisition, I had to draw another picture of the clothed!

In fact, there is an unconfirmed legend about the coexistence of these two paintings, but it is related to the model in the painting.

It is said that this model was the wife of a very powerful duke at that time, and the duke asked Goya to paint a portrait of his favorite lady, and Goya was so impressed by the beauty of this lady that after painting the portrait, he returned to his studio and relied on his memory to paint this wonderful "Nude. The body of the Maha", and it is precisely because it is painted from memory, so the painting is naked. The woman's body shape showed some flaws.

But later, the dignitary somehow learned about the news, and he thought it was a tease and blasphemy against his woman, so he was furious, and he was ready to go to Goya's door to ask him for clarification.

At this time, Goya also received a notice from a friend, so he quickly painted another painting of "Maha in Clothes" at a speed beyond common sense, thus coping with this matter.

Because of the age, this legend is not confirmed, but it also explains why the two paintings exist at the same time, and why the proportions of the human body in the painting are so flawed with Goya's skill.

While both legends are unconfirmed, the Naked . "The Maha of the Body" and "The Clothed Maha" have indeed become Goya's masterpieces, and these two paintings have their own status in the history of oil painting in the world!

At present, "Maha in Clothes" is in the collection of the Prado Art Museum in Madrid, Spain. The body of Maha" disappeared mysteriously during World War II! (To be continued.) )