"These two Zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace were discovered by me in a declining aristocratic family in the eighties of the last century, when I saw that it was cast and finished, and the surface was carved with fine chisels, and the subtleties such as animal fluff were chiseled and forged, clear and realistic, and the nose, eyes, ears and other key parts and the upper and neck folds were all very delicate, without a trace of sloppiness, showing a very high level of craftsmanship.

Moreover, it is also very particular about the materials, the copper it uses is specially made for the palace alloy copper, containing many precious metals, deep color, containing fine light, through wind and rain without rust, can be called a must.

At the time, I thought it wasn't an ordinary copper object. ”

At this point, the Earl of Hill paused, and continued, "So, it took two thousand pounds to buy these two bronze beast heads.

Later, I consulted a lot of information and learned that their life history is the royal object of the Qing Dynasty in the last century, the essence of the Haiyan Hall complex of the Old Summer Palace, the bronze statue of the zodiac.

The 12 zodiac signs with the head of the beast and the human body represent the 24 hours of the day, and each bronze statue takes turns to spray water, telling the time with water, which is a wonder and famous all over the world. ”

Chen Rui said, "Count Hill, forgive me for being abrupt. You know that I am a Chinese, and the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac animal heads in the Old Summer Palace is a national treasure of China, and I want to recover these two national treasures that have been lost overseas. I hope you will be able to transfer these two bronze statues of the Zodiac animal heads to me. ”

Hearing this, Earl Hill rejected Chen Rui's request and said, "First of all, these two bronze statues of the Zodiac beast heads are one of the most important treasures in my collection room.

Secondly, the two bronze statues of animal heads show exquisite casting, exquisite design, and extremely high level of craftsmanship, and the design of the bronze statues of the twelve zodiac animal heads Lang Shining is an artist from Europe, and the bronze statues have a strong traditional Chinese aesthetic taste, but also integrate the characteristics of Western plastic arts. It is a very fine work of art. I also want to like it, so I can't agree to your request, and I'm sorry, Mr. Chen. ”

Hearing this, Chen Rui was very disappointed.

He nodded and said nothing.

After all, the two bronze statues of the Zodiac beast heads are one of the most important treasures in Earl Hill's collection room, plus the bronze statues of the Zodiac beast heads are a very fine work of art, and Earl Hill likes it very much.

Most importantly, Earl Hill is not short of money.

For these three reasons, it is difficult to buy a bronze statue of the head of the zodiac animal from Earl Hill.

"I can't take a picture." Chen Rui made a small request to Earl Hill.

"Whatever, please." Earl Hill said.

Chen Rui took out his camera and took more than a dozen photos of the snake's head and the sheep's head.

Next, take a guided tour of the various artworks in his collection room, led by Earl Hill.

There are many works of art, all of which are representative, which makes Chen Rui breathtaking.

This is the heritage of an ancient European family that has been passed down for more than 500 years.

After visiting the Earl Hill's collection room.

Chen Rui was arranged in the guest room of the manor.

The next day, Chen Rui got up early in the morning.

"Mr. Chen, get up."

A few maids waiting on the side handed towels, washbasins, and toiletries.

After washing.

The maid brought breakfast.

A bowl of oatmeal, a few buns, a few pieces of bread.

It is very in line with the eating habits of Chinese.

"Mr. Chen, Earl Hill has something to do today and can't entertain you personally, and he apologizes to you. I entertain you today. Butler Berke walked over, put his right hand in front of his abdomen, put his left hand behind his waist, bowed, and said to Chen Rui.

Very gentlemanly.

"That's troublesome."

Berke took Chen Rui to the garden of the manor.

It is an embroidered parterre in the style of a French 17th-century garden.

The garden is large, consisting of several flat, symmetrical geometric altars with pools and ditches on axes of symmetry, and flowers filled with regularly patterned hedges, which look like splendid oriental carpets.

It's very beautiful, and it's pleasing to the eye.

Next, Berke took Chen Rui to a house.

Burke walked ahead and pushed the door open.

Chen Rui followed, walked into the room, and saw a huge skeleton in the room at first glance.

Its head is about 10 meters high above the ground and about 20 meters long on its whole body, with a thick body and a long tail, and it stands tall on all fours.

"This is a dinosaur fossil?" Chen Rui said in surprise.

"Yes, this is a Brachiosaurus fossil, one of the large dinosaurs, herbivorous, that lived in the Jurassic.

In addition to dinosaur fossils, there are many types of fossils of birds, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and plants.

This is one of the places in the UK with the most paleontological fossils, and this is where the Earl of Hill worked. ”

"Earl Hill is a paleontologist." Chen Rui asked.

"Yes, Count Hill is a well-known European paleontologist who has studied the evolution of organisms and the evolution of the first forms of life from the sea to the land, and is an authoritative scholar in Europe. ”

Chen Rui nodded.

I'm pondering in my heart.

Earl Hill is a paleontologist who must have been interested in this 'living fossil' that has survived a long geological time, the only surviving species of total-finned fish, with only a few dozen surviving species, and is interested in exploring which fish evolved from the original amphibian clade.

To get the Bronze Elephant of the Zodiac Beast Head from Earl Hill, start with the Speartail Fish.

Half a year ago, a male, a female and a pair of speartail fish in the ocean in the space of the pregnant sea pearl have already laid eggs, and after a while, more than a dozen juveniles can hatch.

"This is a fossilized dinosaur egg containing an embryo, which came to China in the 2nd and 30s of the last century."

"This is a nautilus fossil from the Himalayas, the roof of the world, which was once an ancient Mediterranean Sea 20 million years ago."

On the third day, he took his leave of Earl Hill and left Hill Manor.

Chen Rui contacted Dawson. Berg.

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