Chapter 856: A National Treasure That Is Not a National Treasure
After putting away this three-color appliqué double dragon ear bottle, Jin Muchen continued to move forward, and soon saw an azure porcelain bowl, which was simple and generous.
There are many seemingly cracks on the bowl body, and the mouth of the bowl is also opened, but Jin Muchen knows that these cracks are not actually caused by the cracking of the porcelain bowl, but the natural kiln changes that occur when firing and glazing.
And this bowl is not called a bowl, its scientific name should be called celadon wheel flower bowl, which is the work of the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Such azure-colored Song porcelain, but it is also very precious, even if there are a few traces of opening in the mouth of this bowl, it does not affect the overall price of this bowl.
You must know that such azure-colored Song porcelain, and it is also the porcelain produced by the official kilns of the famous five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, even if it is not much in the world, it turns out that there are only dozens of pieces in the British Museum.
And in Chinese mainland, there is no one, so this bowl, that can definitely be said to be the pride of the Japanese heart.
Such a bowl, if it is taken to the Chinese collection market, it will be absolutely easy to auction a sky-high price, even if it is the precious porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties, unless it is the kind of top-level royal treasure porcelain, otherwise even if it is the ordinary porcelain of the palace collection, then in front of this bowl, I am afraid it is not enough to see.
This bowl is also one of the exhibits donated by Minsuke Yokogawa to the Tokyo National Museum, and you must know that the Japanese are very fond of ceramic ware from the Song and Tang dynasties.
And at the beginning of the last century, when they went to China to loot, because at that time Europe and the United States were Britain and France. They had already looted it in China many times, so they hadn't been able to grab anything too good.
Especially the porcelain of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, which they were very obsessed with, was basically looted by Britain and France at that time. So they didn't find a few.
And at this time, Yokogawa Minfu actually got an official kiln celadon of the Song Dynasty from China, so did he still have it?
So at that time, this porcelain bowl caused a sensation as soon as it was unveiled in Japan, and not only those dignitaries and dignitaries wanted to see the true face of this bowl. Even the Emperor of Heaven sent people over many times to buy this porcelain bowl at a high price, but in the end, Yokogawa Minsuke did not let go.
Until the end of World War II. After the 'real' nationalization of the Tokyo National Museum, Minsuke Yokogawa donated the bowl to the Tokyo National Museum before his death.
The Tokyo National Museum, on the other hand, is nominally nationalized. But in fact, it is still with the Imperial Family. It is inextricably linked with several of Japan's top gate valves, because the Imperial Family has several resentments about this bowl, so it has not dared to regard this bowl as a national treasure of Japan.
Therefore, this bowl in this porcelain exhibition hall can definitely be regarded as the existence of an uncrowned king, although it is not a national treasure, but no matter from the artistic achievement. In terms of archaeological value, they can definitely be regarded as national treasure-level exhibits.
Therefore, the protection measures of this bowl are also quite tight. This can be seen just from the various anti-theft measures on the three floors and the outer three floors.
And this bowl, of course, is the treasure that Yokogawa Minsuke personally got back from China.
It is said that it was still 1918, when China's He@Bei Province happened to suffer from a major drought that was rare in a century.
At that time, the people who were suffering from the drought began to dig wells in the farmland to find water, and this digging was hundreds of meters deep underground, and they really found a water source buried deep in the ground.
However, at the same time as discovering this underground water source, they also discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Julu in the Song Dynasty buried underground.
This discovery can be said to be a sensation, the ancient city of Julu in the Song Dynasty!
You must know that this ancient city has existed since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, and it was in this place that Xiang Yu fought against the water, defeated the powerful Qin Great Wall Army, and finally destroyed the Qin Dynasty.
And this ancient city later went through the great Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and in these two dynasties, it was once a famous city with a glorious history and recorded in the history books.
It wasn't until the Song Dynasty that the entire city of this ancient city was submerged in water because of a great flood, and then it was abandoned by people, and then next to the ancient giant deer city in the Song Dynasty, a new giant deer city was built, and since then the old giant deer city has become history.
In addition, later, the Chinese have not been able to form any real cultural relics protection, and the concept of searching for historical monuments, so this ancient city has been buried underground, until nearly a thousand years later, it will be accidentally discovered by those thirsty people when looking for water.
At that time, after the ruins of this ancient city were discovered, many archaeologists and experts were immediately attracted to excavate here.
And soon a large number of exquisite Song Dynasty porcelain, was dug up from the ground, the news came out, collectors from all over the world heard the news, and the Japanese who learned the news were even more ecstatic, you must know that at this time they are the climate, especially some of the early fortune has made a fortune, at this time is the time of the pocket, before the ******** want to buy some Chinese Song Dynasty porcelain, but there has been no way, this time in China He@ Bei, found the ancient city of the Song Dynasty, but also unearthed a lot of exquisite Song Dynasty porcelain, is this worth it?
At that time, collectors from all over Europe and the United States, as well as collectors from Japan, flocked to the city and began to buy them with a lot of money.
And at this time, this Yokogawa Minfu was already a rich man with a very bulging pocket, so in this rush to buy, he was out of the limelight, spent a lot of money, and acquired a lot of Song Dynasty porcelain, and almost all of the Song Dynasty porcelain in his collection with excellent quality was in this rush purchase.
Among them, this celadon wheel flower bowl produced by the official kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty was the most proud collection of Yokogawa Minsuke, and it has been cherished since he brought it back to Japan.
If he is not his closest friend, then no one should want to take a look at this porcelain easily, not even family members.
But in the end, I don't know what the old man thought, and finally donated this porcelain to the Tokyo National Museum.
I'm afraid he figured it out in the end, and when he was alive, he had a great reputation in Japan, and he could suppress those careerists who coveted their collections.
But once he died, the precious Chinese porcelain he collected would not be the wealth he left to his descendants, but a bomb.
His children and grandchildren don't have the ability to deter Xiaoxiao, and they don't even give the emperor face.
I'm afraid that as soon as he dies here, those hungry wolf-like fellows will come to his door and ask his children and grandchildren for it, or forcibly buy those porcelain.
And his descendants may not cope well, and they will be exterminated.
So he might as well simply donate these treasures while he has a breath, as long as these things enter the museum, then the other people will be embarrassed to know that his family has come to forcibly claim these treasures.
This old man's abacus is really good enough, after he donated these treasures, and after he died, no one ever came to his house to ask for these treasures.
In this way, he only donated about 1,000 pieces of porcelain, but the remaining porcelain was returned to his family's children and grandchildren safe and sound.
As for the rest of the treasures, what kind of treasures they are, no one knows after him anyway.
This porcelain, Jin Muchen also wasted a long time before he got it into his pocket.
Because this celadon wheel flower bowl, although it has not been rated as a national treasure by the Japanese, it can definitely be regarded as the uncrowned king of this porcelain exhibition hall, how precious it is, how can the people of the Tokyo National Museum not know.
This is the only celadon from the official kiln of the Song Dynasty in their collection in this exhibition hall, and it is precisely because of this celadon that they can be as famous as the British Museum, becoming the only two museums in the world that collect porcelain from the official kiln of the Song Dynasty.
You must know that such a Song Dynasty official kiln celadon, even in China, there is no museum that can have it.
Even in the United States, where there are more ancient Chinese antiques, they don't have a museum with celadon from the official kilns of China's Song Dynasty.
Therefore, this celadon from the official kiln of the Song Dynasty can definitely be said to be the pride of the Tokyo National Museum, so naturally they have also done a very good job in terms of safety protection.
For this uncrowned king, they were quite careful, making two layers of bulletproof glass cover alone, and also made some arrangements under the booth, laying several layers of very soft anti-collision sponge.
Mainly because of the frequent earthquakes in Japan, they were afraid that an earthquake would affect Tokyo, so they shook the bowl off the display shelf and broke it.
And this bowl is also deliberately edged with special materials, and on the periphery of the edging, it is tightly tied with titanium alloy metal wires, which is obviously an anti-theft measure.
If it were other thieves, facing the security protection of the inner and outer three layers, I am afraid that they would really feel that the rats were pulling the turtles and had no way to start, but for Jin Muchen, these were all pieces of cake.
When the two hammers went down, the glass cover that could prevent bullets shattered to the ground, but fortunately, when he smashed the glass, he also paid special attention to the direction, so that the flying glass slag did not break the bowl.
Then the titanium alloy metal wires are even simpler, directly served with special vises, ordinary people don't have the strength to cut these wires, but for Jin Muchen, it is not a problem at all, but it is not a problem at all, but it is less than two parts of force, and these metal wires are broken on the spot...... (To be continued.) )