Chapter 485: Returning to China

Continuing to walk inside, on those tall walls, there were all kinds of patterns made of cold weapons such as guns, swords, axes, etc., as well as tiger heads and crowns that should have been plundered from India or Egypt, making Han Chong unconsciously reverie that these should have been plundered from various countries during the heyday of Britain.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Han Chong, his goal is the list that Silberg gave him, and the Chinese porcelain on it is the main purpose of Han Chong's trip.

Looking at these dazzling collections, Han Chong walked to the middle of the hall, and the rows of porcelain displayed on the wooden shelves suddenly caught Han Chong's eyes.

"This ...... These are all porcelain from China? ”

Han Chong saw at a glance that there were four or five rows of wooden shelves in front and back, which were more than 20 meters long, and on each shelf, a few centimeters apart, a piece of exquisite porcelain was placed.

In the past, I often heard Tu Lao say that the best antiques in China are all in foreign countries, although I have heard a lot, but there is no direct cognition in the senses, but now seeing the scene in front of him, Han Chong understands.

Porcelain is fragile, this is a clear truth, in the course of China's history for thousands of years, are accompanied by the scourge of war, and in this process, many unique fine porcelain, have been lost in the war.

Later, such as the official kiln porcelain of the Song and Ming dynasties, it was basically collected in the court of the Qing Dynasty, and it was only paid to the emperor to play and appreciate, which was rare for the people to see.

It can be said that Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were the largest antique collectors at that time, no way, the conditions are good, you can use the power of the country to collect what you like, you can't accept it.

But this is also the source of the loss of cultural relics in later generations. In the 18th century, after the door of China was knocked open by the Eight-Nation Alliance, countless precious cultural relics placed in the Old Summer Palace were looted, and it was impossible to count them clearly.

Later generations of scholars once roughly counted that there were probably millions of precious Chinese antiques lost abroad, and most of them were collected in the Old Summer Palace, that is, at least more than 1 million pieces of Chinese art were looted from the Old Summer Palace.

If nothing else, it was in the fifties and sixties. The pigsty fences around the Old Summer Palace in Beijing are all fine stone with carved beams and paintings, and it is conceivable how precious those objects that have been snatched away will be.

For example, Wu Guanzhong, Chen Danqing, a famous painter in modern China, and others have said that among the antiques handed down from Chinese history, the objects in the Old Summer Palace are of the best quality and the highest artistry.

And at the moment. These precious porcelain, which only stayed in the legend, were placed in front of Han Chong, making Han Chong, who was already prepared in his heart, also feel excited. It took a few deep breaths in a row to calm down.

Perhaps Picasso's sketches are worth more than these porcelain. But psychologically, Han Chong would rather exchange Picasso's works for these objects, after all, the production process between the two is different. It's hard to say who is more precious.

The successful firing of a piece of exquisite and precious porcelain requires the efforts of countless people, and the cost of this sketch painting is extremely low, a sketch paper, a few pencils are enough, but it also represents the author's hard work.

Of course, this is just Han Chong's thoughts, if Silberg next to him learns that he calculates the value between the two in this way, it is guaranteed that Silberg will slaughter Han Chong as a pig.

...... "Yes, Han, these porcelains, starting with my grandfather's father, have been collecting, and I have been for several generations, there are more than 20,000 pieces in total.

Starting from the three-color porcelain of the Tang Dynasty in China, all the porcelain of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is available, and there have been people who want to buy these items from me, but I have refused, Han, you are the first Chinese...... to come here"

Looking at these fine porcelains of different shapes and sizes, Silberg's heart was filled with pride, he had visited the treasure rooms of many collectors specializing in Chinese art, but no one could have more porcelain than him.

"More than 20,000 pieces?"

Rao is Han Chong's psychological quality is good, and he also exclaimed.

"Yes, it's more than 20,000 pieces, and under these Duobao Pavilion cabinets, there are porcelain, if you are interested, you can also check them out one by one, but then it will take a long time......"

Silberg was afraid that Han Chong would not believe his words, so he squatted down, opened the cabinet door under a wooden shelf, and took out an object wrapped in layers of old newspapers from inside.

Seeing that this piece of porcelain, which can be rated as a national second- or third-class cultural relic, in Silberg, it can't even be put on a display case, which makes Han Chong feel a little incredible.

However, looking around, this layer of porcelain, densely packed with dozens of square meters of space, also allows Silberg's actions just now to explain clearly, and if it is Han Chong, I am afraid that he will also pick up the best and put it outside.

"Mr. Silberg, this plum vase from the Qing Dynasty of China is not very small, and the value is not very high, such porcelain, I don't see it......"

After Han Chong took the plum vase with gold and gold enamel from Silberg's hand, he played with it and said to Silberg.

However, when he said this, Han Chong was still a little weak-hearted, although the auction price of this thing, in the Chinese art market, is about three or four hundred thousand rmB, but it is such a thing, and there is not a single one in Han Chong's collection.

Of course, Han Chong's restored Ruyao porcelain and the black pottery of Longshan culture are far more valuable than this porcelain, but when you open a museum, you can't just put those two pieces, right?

Porcelain like these, which can represent the level of cultural craftsmanship of a certain period, is still very important for a museum.

"Of course, of course...... Han, this is just some of the more common porcelain in my collection, and the best objects are all on the shelves, you can choose them one by one......"

After hearing Han Chong's words, Silberg hurriedly explained, just as he said himself. This plum vase, he is also out of sight, imagine that you are facing tens of thousands of precious porcelain all day long, how can you put these porcelain in the middle level of firing technology in your eyes?

No matter how good things are, when you see too much, you will become numb.

For example, if you live in a house where everything is made of gold, you won't think of it as a great thing, even if you know the price of gold. At this time, Silberg's psychology is like this!

"Mr. Silberg, I am surprised by your collection, and perhaps I will consider exchanging a few more of Mr. Picasso's works with you, but ......"

Han Chong knew the truth that he had to take it in advance, and he knew that Silberg's mind to get Picasso's works was much stronger than his own, and he deliberately said half of it. Waiting for the Silberg interface.

Sure enough, after hearing Han Chong's words, Silberg's eyes lit up and he said, "Dear Han." You are such a great collector that you can get so many works of Picasso, you can rest assured, I will definitely be a Chinese friend. ...... of exchanging in the most reasonable way"

As if feeling that his confession was still a little unstraightforward, Silberg thought for a moment and said, "In these collections of mine." Some are from your motherland, of course, I don't hide it, that kind of means is not bright, Han Chong, we are all friends, I can consider it, porcelain like this, give you some for free! ”

"Send me some?!"

Han Chong wondered if his ears had heard it wrong, and turned his gaze to Silberg, these hundreds of thousands of things, just send them?

Silberg nodded and said with certainty: "Of course, in order to compensate for the harm caused by my ancestors to the Chinese, I can make the decision and give you a batch of such porcelain."

But...... Han Chong, I hope you can understand that there is no way to give you items like the ones on the list I listed for you, because in my family, there are other heirs, and it is okay to exchange them, but if they give them, I will ......not agree to them."

"Yes, of course I understand, on behalf of my museum, thank you for your generosity, as a friend, I will not make it difficult for you in front of the family, Mr. Silberg, you can rest assured, our transaction will make you a real international collector......"

Han Chong couldn't wait to hug Silberg and kiss him at this time, this guy is too particular, although the current market value of these porcelains is not very high, but they are really Qing Dynasty official kiln porcelain.

With the heating up of China's antique market, in a few years, it will increase by more than 10 times, which is normal, Han Chong didn't expect Silberg to be so generous.

However, Han Chong does not know what the market will be in a few years, but for now, this batch of porcelain is absolutely as important as sending charcoal in the snow to his museum.

In fact, Han Chong didn't know that in foreign countries, some private collectors often give their collections to national museums, and some will give them to private museums, and do not charge any fees and returns, although the behavior of these people is difficult to understand, but this is indeed a real thing.

"Okay, Mr. Han, you can pick the porcelain you are interested in......

After hearing Han Chong's words, Silberg knew that his performance had truly won Han Chong's friendship.

For Silberg, if all these porcelains are taken out and photographed, it is estimated that the market will be washed away, even if the mai is slowly photographed, I am afraid that it will not be sold out in his lifetime.

It's not a big deal to give away a hundred and ten pieces, and Silberg's grandfather once gave thousands of pieces of porcelain from China to the British Museum.

After thanking Silberg again, Han Chong turned his attention to the porcelain on the shelves.

Although most of the porcelain is not on display, there are thousands of pieces on these surfaces alone.

The Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln carved plum vase.

Cultural relics under international protection,

After Han Chong took a look, he found such a treasure.

Then Han Chong continued to scan like a radar, and then Han Chong selected a purple spot bowl from the Jun kiln of the Song Dynasty, in which the color red is blue and the color is staggered, which is very beautiful.

Of course, later Han Chong successively found the official kiln washing of the Song Dynasty, the blue glazed chrysanthemum petal tea cup of the Longquan kiln of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the porcelain of the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Of course, the last includes the porcelain jar where Guiguzi descended the mountain.

Because there were too many precious antique porcelain, Han Chong later took out the remaining six Picasso paintings and exchanged them with Silberg.

In the end, the two happily completed the exchange.

After completing these transactions, Han Chong arranged for a private jet to come over, and as Gu Cheng's take-off prompt sounded, the plane slowly accelerated on the runway, soaring into the sky, and burrowing into the sky.

This trip abroad has come to an end, and the rest of the rest can only be to get rid of the gentle girl.

On the journey back to Myanmar, only Han Chong and Xingxing stayed in the cabin, while Xu Guang, Fu Yu and Zhang Shuang, including Bi Yue, took an international flight from London to Myanmar.

There is no other reason, it is because Han Chong's private jet has now become a transport plane.

The more than 200 pieces of porcelain packed in various cardboard boxes filled all the space, including the cargo hold, even in the bathroom, were placed tightly, including the cockpit, there were also more than a dozen small cardboard boxes with a small size.

"Damn, I knew my buddy was also taking an international flight back......"

Han Chong looked at the stars sandwiched in the middle by various cardboard boxes, and said, "I'm here to accompany you, stars, we can't move around, these things are broken by one, that's hundreds of thousands......"

Because Han Chong's private plane was too small, a lot of porcelain was taken out of the cardboard box and replaced, and if he was not careful, it would be the end of his body and bones.

So when it came time to transport the porcelain to the airport, the whole estate of Silberg was dispatched, and just loading the porcelain on the plane took three or four hours of busy work, and the objects were carefully handled.

This is also due to the fact that Silberg's men are well-trained, and if they were to be porters at the airport, they would not know how many pieces would have to be broken.

When he had nothing to do, Han Chong simply used his aura to check these porcelains one by one, he had seen them when he was on the plane, Silberg was quite particular, and the porcelain gifts to Han Chong were all intact, and in terms of quality, they were still very good.

However, compared with the few pieces of porcelain of the Yuan, Song and Ming dynasties that he personally selected, these porcelains are a few grades behind, there are no ones in the Yuan and Song dynasties, and there are a few pieces in the Ming Dynasty, but most of them are small tea cups, and the price is not very high. (To be continued......)