Therefore, although this statue is a remnant, it also has a very high artistic value, otherwise it would not have been displayed at the Tokyo National Museum.

When Jin Muchen 'visited' the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston last time, he 'collected' a lot of Buddha statues from there, and there were many treasures from the Buddha Caves in Tianlong Mountain.

To be honest, this statue of Rulai is really not enough to see compared to the Buddha statues he 'collected' in Boston before, if this Buddha statue is in complete condition, then there is still a fight, but unfortunately this Buddha statue is already miserable.

Without the defective products of his head and right hand, Jin Muchen was originally a little disdainful, and he didn't want to take it away.

But considering that this Buddha statue, after all, is the mountain chamber of commerce, the treasure that was captured from China back then, should not be left alone in Japan because of its incomplete appearance, so he simply wasted a little space and took this statue of Rulai into his pocket.

In addition, the three-piece red sandalwood set of Prince Gong's Mansion in the Qing Dynasty that was 'collected' before, the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce looted it from China and then donated it to the Tokyo National Museum, and he basically took it back.

After collecting this Buddha statue, Jin Muchen couldn't help but sigh at the fate of the Mountain Chamber of Commerce.

The bad things that the Shanzhong Chamber of Commerce did in China back then can definitely be said to be a loss of conscience, and it is difficult to write about it, but their current life is also fast enough.

As the so-called success and defeat of Xiao He, they started by relying on the European and American markets, but in the end they also lost in the European and American markets.

They made a fortune by looting antiquities from China and then reselling them to the Americans and the British.

But later, after the outbreak of World War II, first of all, as an ally of Germany, they had stores in England. It was seized by the British.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States quickly declared war on Japan, and then their three antique stores in New York, Boston and Chicago were quickly closed down by the US government.

The antiques they had in those branches were confiscated by the Americans. Then, in 1944, a public auction went to raise funds for the war.

And such a loss was a fatal blow to the Yamanaka store, which quickly led them to decline.

At that time, they developed by relying on the European and American markets, and as a result, they also quickly disappeared because of the decisions of the European and American governments.

In East Asia, especially in China, they rely on the support of the Japanese government. played the role of a rampaging hooligan, but internationally, they encountered a big hooligan who was even more unreasonable than them.

As a result, they, the little rascals, were finally blackened by the big hooligans, knocked out their front teeth, and could only swallow them with blood.

After the end of World War II, the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce also quickly became aware of problems with the capital chain. The ashes quickly disappeared.,As for the once glorious Yamanaka Dingjiro.。 In the end, it only ended up depressed.

Although his descendants still operate the Yamanaka Shop he left behind in the Osaka area, the current Yamanaka Shop is no longer the hegemon of the world's Chinese antiques franchise.

They deserved to end up like that, even in Jin Muchen's opinion. They can end up with such a result, and it is all light.

If their mountain shop is still glorious, hehe, then this time Jin Muchen came to Japan, I am afraid that he will not only visit the Tokyo National Museum. It is indispensable to go to the big board to take a good look at the mountain store, what a brilliant method.

It's a pity that this wish may not be realized, after all, the Americans took revenge for us more than half of the time, although the Americans are not a good thing.

Putting away his feelings about the shop in the mountains, Jin Muchen continued to walk inside.

At this time, the display is mainly from China's stone carvings, and most of these stone carvings are mainly based on Buddhist themes.

Among them, the most eye-catching is the eleven exquisite Bodhisattva Buddha shrines, the size of these Buddha shrines is not small, the big ones can be several meters high, and the small ones can be about the same height as normal people.

Moreover, these bodhisattvas have different shapes, some sitting, some standing, and some are lying down, and the facial shape of each statue is different, and the clothes and patterns on the body, as well as the Buddha seal on the hand.

These are only eleven Buddha shrine stone carvings, but they reflect a variety of different artistic aesthetics, and the various stone carving techniques of the top stone carvers in ancient China can be reflected in these stone carvings.

Relief, round carving, sunken carving, shadow carving, openwork carving, a variety of stone carving techniques, in this is a Buddha shrine stone carving are reflected.

Just looking at these carving techniques, Jin Muchen can even say that these eleven Buddha carvings are the best works that integrate ancient Chinese stone carving techniques.

And historically, there have indeed been people who have commented on these stone carvings.

This group of stone carvings is from the stone carving statue niche of Shaanxi @ Xixi @ An, which was once praised by the Chinese architect Liang Sicheng as 'the representative work of Chinese sculpture in the early Tang Dynasty', a classic stone carving work.

When Jin Muchen 'visited' the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before, he used to 'collect' a few statues there, and the sister articles of these Buddhist shrine stone carvings here are only a few such stone carvings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and almost most of the Buddhist shrine stone carvings that represent the top stone carving technology of the Tang Dynasty in China are stored in Japan.

These Buddha shrine stone carvings were originally placed on the Seven Treasures Relic Pavilion of Chang'an Guangzhai Temple built by Wu Zetian, and this Anguang Zhai Temple was also the most prestigious Buddhist holy place in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Later, Anguangzhai Temple was destroyed in the war, and these Buddhist shrine stone carvings were transferred to Boqing Temple in West @ Anseongnam.

In the Ming Dynasty, some wealthy people in Chang'an City, and Buddhist believers, also specially raised funds, specially repaired Baoqing Temple, and these Buddhist shrine stone carvings, to the Qing Dynasty, there have been good men and women who believe in Buddhism to pay for the maintenance of these Buddha shrine stone carvings.

So even in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the stone carvings of these Buddhist shrines have been well preserved.

However, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, this Baoqing Temple Qibaotai statue niche was discovered by the notorious Japanese cultural relics robber, Okakura Tianxin and his assistant Hayazaki Terrier.

Then the two of them had a crooked mind, especially the Hawasaki terrier, who was even more notorious and frustrated.

He teamed up with some Japanese businessmen to use buying, theft, fraud and other means to loot most of the stone carvings of the Buddhist shrine in Baoqing Temple, and then sold them to some Japanese antique dealers, or museums, or even some of them, and he simply resold them to the United States.

And some, he can't steal it, this bastard simply uses the means that they Japanese are best at, that is, I can't take it away, and I won't leave it to you Chinese, just destroy it for you.

It is precisely because of the evil deeds of that Haasaki Terrier that to this day, there is no way to verify how many such Buddhist shrine stone carvings were made during the Wu Zetian period.

At present, there are only 32 statues and shrines of the Seven Treasure Terrace, of which their original owners, only seven remain in Baoqing Temple, and 21 of the remaining 25 are stored in Japan, and the remaining four are sold to the United States by Nahasasaki Terrier or other Japanese antique dealers.

Of the 21 Buddhist shrines in Japan, the Tokyo National Museum alone has 15, and the remaining six are all collected by other Japanese museums, or simply by some temples in Japan.

Originally, Jin Muchen still disliked these Buddha carvings, which would take up too much purple jade space, after all, his space capacity was really limited, and he had scavenged so many good things this time, his space was basically full.

These stone carvings are not small, he does not plan to collect them, but considering the importance of these stone sculptures to us Chinese, and considering the way they were stolen by the Japanese to go abroad, Jin Muchen gritted his teeth and decided to take these Buddha sculptures into his pocket.

After putting away these things, the top national treasure of China in the Oriental Pavilion has basically been looted by Jin Muchen.

But looking at the remaining treasures in this museum, Jin Muchen still felt a little unwilling.

Although many of the remaining cultural relics cannot be rated as national treasures in terms of specifications, they are still Chinese cultural relics with distinctive characteristics, such as porcelain from various folk kilns, as well as calligraphy and paintings of some not too famous literati in Chinese history, as well as some bronzes, and some carvings.

These cultural relics, if they are taken out, if they are sold, I am afraid that any one of them can be sold for millions, or even tens of millions.

However, although their collection value is very high, their artistic value and archaeological value are a little less prominent.

This is also one of the main reasons why Jin Muchen did not choose to pack them all away, and there is another main reason, that is, his purple jade space is basically at full capacity at this time.

Even if he wanted to take some treasures out, there was no room in his space.

Looking down at the watch, it was already half past four o'clock, and there was still half an hour before dawn.

Therefore, Jin Muchen does not plan to stay here for a long time, once it is dawn, if he wants to get out of here, it will not be so easy.

Although the fire on Kudanzaka has not yet been completely extinguished, the fire has been brought under control, and the fire is only extinguished within two or three hours, so now is the best time to evacuate. (To be continued.) )