Among this large pile of porcelain, Hong Tianbao only fancies three, namely two pieces of Yuan blue and white and one pastel from the Kangxi period.

The two pieces of Yuan blue and white porcelain are actually a pair of blue and white porcelain, the two Yuan blue and white are the same shape, half a meter high, which is the largest porcelain among these porcelains, and it is also one of the unique characteristics of Yuan blue and white. The above depicts the scene of Zhong Kui catching ghosts, but one is Zhong Kui catching a centipede essence, and the other is Zhong Kui subduing the snake demon.

This pair of Yuan Qinghua is definitely comparable to the "Ghost Valley Descending Mountain Yuan Blue and White Pot". First, in general, a pair of porcelain tends to be more popular than a single one; Second, this pair of Zhong Kui's monster hunting yuan blue and white vase is from the Old Summer Palace, which belongs to the royal treasure, and its identity is higher.

As we all know, the Guigu Xiashan Yuan blue and white pot is the best representative of Yuan blue and white, creating the legend of Yuan blue and white, which has been sold at a price of more than 200 million, which makes people deeply appreciate the nobility of oriental culture. But now that this pair of Yuan Qinghua is unveiled, the throne may have to be replaced.

Some people may wonder, why is Yuan Qinghua so noble? It is not difficult to answer that the reason why Yuan Qinghua is so popular is that it does not survive much, especially the domestic stock is very small. The second is that its identity is mysterious and full of secrets.

There are countless mysteries in ancient ceramics, which make ancient ceramicists both fascinated and brainbroken. Of all the mysteries of ancient pottery, the mystery of Yuan Qinghua is probably the most incredible and puzzling. First, it is not our country that claims the origin of porcelain, but foreigners, who justify the name of Yuan blue and white porcelain, and have come to a conclusion that has stunned the Chinese people and rewritten the history of blue and white porcelain: there were mature and exquisite blue and white ware in the Yuan Dynasty.

The mystery of Yuan Qinghua is not limited to this. This is followed by a series of mysteries:

Why did most of those exquisite and majestic Yuan blue and white vessels appear in Turkey and Iran in batches? Why can't there be a few large pieces of Yuan blue and white treasures in the palace of a large porcelain country? Could it be that the emperor and nobles don't like this kind of play, which is called Yuan Qinghua?

Are the huge plates, statues, and jars collected in the museums of Iran and Turkey, the overlapping, complex but not chaotic, and full of Chinese and Western traditions, the artistic blue and white paintings made by foreigners, or the masterpieces of Jingdezhen potters? Why can't I find this kind of heavy Yuan blue and white fragment specimen in Jingdezhen so far? Where exactly is the kiln site?

There are also Yuan blue and white and Yongxuan's kind of blue and blue, concave tin light, and condensed cobalt material called "Su Ma Liqing", which was really imported from foreign countries by Zheng He? Or is it in your own country? If Zheng He went to the West to buy it back, a country with rich porcelain clay and cobalt resources really needs to travel across the ocean to buy an imported cobalt material, and who provides clues about this cobalt material?

Since foreign countries have this kind of "Su Ma Liqing" raw materials, why can't they produce blue and white? There is also a question that is difficult for anyone to explain, why did this imported material be used in the Xuande period, and after this dynasty, it suddenly disappeared so completely? Even if it runs out, will it never be "imported" again?

People like mysterious things, and because of this, Yuan Qinghua has risen all the way.

Hong Tianbao looked at the two Yuan blue flowers for a long time, and then picked up the Kangxi pastel He Xiangu to make birthday ornaments. This porcelain ornament is not half as tall as the two Yuan blue and white just now, and one palm can hold it up. Hong Tianbao estimated the price, this treasure is at least 30 million! It's hard to imagine that porcelain is nothing more than clay, but more expensive than gold.

At this time, Luo Zhiyuan led people in, carrying large wooden boxes and many shockproof materials behind him.

"Tianbao, have you picked it?" Luo Zhiyuan asked. Hong Tianbao pointed to three things and nodded. Luo Zhiyuan chuckled: "Hehe! Just three? It seems that this large pile of stuff is also mostly waste. ”

Hong Tianbao shook his head and smiled bitterly, if this was heard by Yan Lao and others, he would really have to find Luo Zhiyuan desperately, and the national treasure would be regarded as a waste by you. Ninety percent of the porcelain in this is more than one million fine porcelain, of which there are nearly two hundred pieces worth more than 10 million, which is absolutely terrifying.

Luo Zhiyuan ignored this, and immediately ordered his subordinates to seal the rest into the box, and Hong Tianbao also reminded the precautions, knowing that porcelain is easy to break.

"Haven't seen anything else? Hurry up and check it out and get things in order as soon as possible. By the way, Tianbao, when will you return to China, so that I can arrange it. Luo Zhiyuan didn't feel distressed at all, there were tens of thousands of treasures here, and he swept them out like garbage.

"I originally wanted to go back today, but since I'm here, Uncle Luo, I'll board the plane tomorrow and go back to China. Don't be busy, the officials of the embassy in Laos will arrange it. Hong Tianbao received a call from the embassy not long ago, saying that they had arrived in the Chinese village and began to mobilize everyone to relocate, and asked Hong Tianbao when he was going to return to China, so they could book air tickets.

Luo Zhiyuan was not reluctant, Luo Sainan and Luo Peisen also walked in, and they also expressed their incomprehension of Hong Tianbao's special hobbies. If you change to an old man, they can still talk about it, what do you say a young man likes? You have to have a soft spot for these old things.

Hong Tianbao continued to look down, and when he saw the pile of bronzes, his face suddenly showed a shocked look, and he glanced at it just now, but he didn't pay much attention. He jerked forward, and removed three bronze statues of beasts from the mess of bronzes, one headed by a dragon, the head of a sheep, and the head of a chicken.

"Huh! Tianbao, do you take three pieces again? What a coincidence! Luo Zhiyuan was surprised.

Hong Tianbao looked at them deeply and asked, "You really don't know what these three bronzes are?" ”

"Huh? Let me see, one seems to be a dragon's head, this is a chicken head, and this is a sheep's head? Rousseinan looked at it carefully and said. And Luo Zhiyuan and Luo Peisen, father and son, nodded vigorously next to them, and they felt similar.

Hong Tianbao was almost killed by them, and secretly said Isn't this nonsense? The three bronze statues are vivid, and you can't see what they are? He also knew that these people had misunderstood what he meant, and what he wanted to ask was the identity of the three bronze statues, but these three people really didn't seem to know at all, Hong Tianbao really felt sad for these three national treasures. It seems that the ancestor of this Luo family has really robbed the great powers, otherwise this thing would not have been thrown here.

"These three treasures have a great background, they are the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animals in the Old Summer Palace, which are very precious. Do you know about the invasion of China by the Anglo-French coalition? At that time, they broke into the Old Summer Palace, which is known as the paradise of oriental art, looted countless treasures, and finally burned the Old Summer Palace. In recent years, domestic patriots have recovered five bronze animal heads of cows, tigers, monkeys, pigs, and horses, and they also know that the rat head and the rabbit head are in the collection of the French museum, and the remaining five animal heads are missing. ”

Hong Tianbao explained at length, but thought in his heart that when he went back this time, those old men might go crazy.

"It turns out that the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animals in the Old Summer Palace looks like this? I think it's very average! Luo Sainan was obviously a little surprised, she hadn't heard of the Old Summer Palace, it was said that there were countless treasures in it, but she didn't expect that this broken copper and iron statue was a bit wasteful and unworthy of the name!

When Hong Tianbao heard this, he suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "You know what a fart!" This is a national treasure, no vision! ”

Luo Sainan was immediately agitated and jumped up, pointed at Hong Tianbao and scolded: "You bastard, you have no vision, isn't this thing just a piece of copper?" and it is not made of gold. ”

"Haha! Girl, have you met an opponent? Luo Zhiyuan laughed. He then turned to Hong Tianbao and said: "It's good to be a national treasure, otherwise it will be a shame to transport a lot of garbage back." ”

Hong Tianbao really had nothing to say, and he was quite speechless about this family. With their attitude, Hong Tianbao said that he would also transport all the treasures back to China, and he could no longer let these treasures be wronged here.

"Big brother, why do these bronze statues only have one head, what's the use?" Komori looked at the three bronze statues of beast heads on the ground and asked puzzled.

Hong Tianbao felt that it was really necessary to make up for the course for this family, and if he returned to China to say such a thing, it would be necessary for people to spit on him.

"The bronze statue of the beast head in the Old Summer Palace was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, and it was a red bronze statue in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. In 1860, the British and French forces invaded China and burned the Old Summer Palace, and the bronze statue of the head of the beast began to be lost overseas, and now only a small amount has been recovered, so it has become a symbol of the lost cultural relics of the Old Summer Palace. ”

"This thing is used to spray water? That doesn't seem to be noble! The usage is very ordinary. "Roussete is antique illiterate by standard.

Hong Tianbao rolled his eyes, feeling that he really didn't have any common language with this girl, and it was difficult to communicate.

In fact, this bronze statue of the head of the human body and beast of the Chinese zodiac was not designed by the Chinese, but the work of a foreign priest Lang Shining at that time. Originally, Lang Shining was going to build a sculpture with a female surname of [***] with Western characteristics, but Emperor Qianlong felt that this was against Chinese ethics and morality, so he ordered it to be redesigned, and later there was this bronze statue of the Chinese zodiac.

Taking Chinese folk culture into account, the designers replaced the human sculptures commonly used in Western fountain design with the seated statues of the 12 zodiac signs. The body of the bronze statue of the zodiac is a stone sculpture wearing a robe, the head is a realistic style modeling, the casting is fine, and the subtleties such as folds and fluff on the head of the beast are clear and realistic. The material used to cast the head of the beast is the red copper refined by the Qing court at that time, the appearance is deep in color, the inside contains fine light, and it has not been corroded after a hundred years, which can be called a must.

"At that time, the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac animals were arranged in a figure-eight shape on both sides of a pool in front of the Haiyan Hall of the Old Summer Palace, which was called the 'hydraulic clock' by the people of the time. Every day, the bronze statues of the 12 zodiac signs will take turns to spray water, representing different times of the day, and at noon, they will spray water together. The word Haiyan in Haiyan Hall is used as a metaphor for the peace of the world, and has the auspicious meaning of praising world peace. The essence of this complex, the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac signs, is famous all over the world for telling the time with water. ”

Hong Tianbao felt that he could only explain this, and if they didn't understand, there was no way.

(To be continued)