Speaking of Chinese bronzes, they are also quite famous in the world antique world.

And as long as it is a genuine bronze, it can be dated almost as long as you see something.

As long as this thing is unveiled, it is basically a treasure of the Han Dynasty, or the ancient period before the Han Dynasty.

Because China entered the Bronze Age during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was not until the Han Dynasty that it began to enter the Iron Age.

Before the advent of iron, this bronze was a must-have treasure for those dignitaries and nobles in ancient China.

At that time, the Chinese aristocracy, if you didn't have a few exquisite bronzes at home, you would still be embarrassed to say that you were a nobleman?

Therefore, the bronzes produced in that era were basically affordable by people with names and surnames, and they were basically treasures with exquisite workmanship and more perfect condition.

There are even some that are simply royal treasures, it would be good for ordinary people to have a clay pot, only the nobles can afford to use such noble things, cooking pots, wine glasses, and even musical instruments.

Therefore, all Chinese bronzes have always been royal heavy weapons.

Moreover, after entering the Iron Age, there were very few such beautifully crafted bronzes, after all, copper is also a precious metal.

The iron pots used to make eating, wine glasses, and so on were very wasteful, so after the Han Dynasty entered the Iron Age, the production of those bronze utensils has been greatly reduced.

Long before the founding of New China, these foreign devils took advantage of the war in China to smuggle a large number of antiques from China overseas.

And a large number of these antiques that were smuggled overseas were precious bronzes.

So much so that after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The specially set cultural relics protection law stipulates that many other things are allowed to be played, but there is one thing, which is absolutely prohibited.

And such things are bronzes, especially those of the two Han Dynasty and before the two Han Dynasty. If it is discovered, it will definitely be punished heavily.

Of course, this law, in recent years, when the domestic antique market has been prosperous, also has a taste of nothingness.

Although on the surface, no one dares to put such a treasure on the auction, but in private, there are still many people who are secretly trading bronzes.

Of course, because people who can afford to play such things generally have a deep background, so the police are very good for such people. Generally speaking, they turn a blind eye, as long as these things do not flow overseas, and the people do not prosecute the officials, they will not easily go to those people for trouble.

But for Japan, the situation is a different story.

In Japan, there are a group of people who have been coveting the circulation of Chinese bronzes.

After all, because China has legislation that explicitly prohibits the circulation of bronzes. And it's even more strictly restricted from smuggling exports, so they have a lot of channels. There are many other types of antiques that can be found from China.

However, only in terms of bronzes, there has always been a shortcoming.

First, this thing has not been unearthed much in China in recent decades, and secondly, it is also because the Chinese police have cracked down very the smuggling gangs that smuggle and export bronzes.

So in recent years. The bronzes circulating in the international market are generally taken from China by a group of foreigners before liberation.

And it's not a good thing in good condition, and those good things that look like good things are now lying in major museums in Europe and the United States.

In fact, the Mitsui family back then. There is no shortage of such bronzes.

During the Japanese invasion of China, Mitsui & Co. looted in China, and they also looted bronzes at that time, but later in order to support the front line, those bronzes were sent to the artillery shell factory and turned into weapons and ammunition.

When Mitsui was a child, their grandfather would often tell them about the exquisite Chinese bronze antiques he collected in China back then, and the intoxicated expression of their grandfather at that time, the two brothers still remember.

Later, the two brothers grew up, but although they liked to collect at that time, they didn't have much money in their hands.

Takazu Mitsui went to work in his family's business, while Mitsui Mitsura went straight to the Tokyo National Museum.

It was only in the last few years that Takazu Mitsui had saved enough money, but when he had the money, he realized that when he wanted to buy the antiques he had loved for a long time, it was difficult to find the good things that made him feel excited.

It turned out that the things he had his eye on were either bought by other rich people, or they had disappeared without knowing where they had gone.

Although he has been searching for and collecting a lot of good things in recent years, the only thing he regrets is bronzes.

He has a lot of exquisite porcelain, or wood carvings, jade carvings, etc., but he does not have many collections of bronzes.

It's not that he hasn't encountered it, but those he has encountered, in his opinion, can hardly be regarded as high-quality.

And today, he actually found a bronze in the warehouse of Watanabe, a B society, and it was the kind of bronze that was extraordinary at first glance, so it was no wonder that he was excited.

This bronze is incredible, although it has only been seen for a moment.

The first is a porcupine, with a long, hard mane carved on its back, and its eyes are round, and its tongue is sticking out, and it seems that it is in a fighting state, making the most terrifying posture to intimidate its opponents.

This bronze porcupine, the body length is about 20 centimeters, the highest point can be 15 centimeters, the workmanship is vivid, you can see, this is definitely a work of conscience.

The other one was even more impressive, ten centimeters longer than this bronze porcupine, and it was also hideous-looking, it was a running horse, maintaining a charging posture.

However, unlike ordinary galloping horses, this statue of galloping horses has a high tail cocked, and a long horn sticks out of its forehead, plus the shape of two wings behind the horse's neck.

Nima's, where is this galloping horse in our Chinese culture, is this not a unicorn in Western mythology?

Of course, this thing will definitely not appear here for no reason, this thing must have a reason.

Mitsui Guihe felt a little puzzled, and Mitsui Mitsui saw some clues, although he is not a top expert in the antique appraisal industry, but he has been immersed in this industry for so many years, and he still has vision.

"Brother, these two should be tomb beasts!"

As soon as Mitsui Mitsuliang said this, Mitsui Takazu's expression was immediately shocked.

Sure enough, I guessed correctly, this Junichi Watanabe took out so many good things before, not to mention the two Yao Chang Tianmu bowls.

Let's just say that the Han bricks and tiles they saw before must not be shown in the Chinese antique market.

Because there are very few such things even in China, and even if someone collects them, it has long been known how many pieces this person has collected, and what they are like.

If someone comes up with something new, there must be only one source, and it must have just been dug out of the ground not long ago.

In this way, it will definitely attract the attention of the police.

So Mitsui guessed before that it was very likely that the things that Watanabe got were dug up from the ground in China not long ago, and then they were shipped to Japan without him.

And now the two tomb beasts in front of them can explain everything even more.

"Hmm...... These should be two, the tomb beasts of the Han Dynasty, the reason why they are so hideous, there is also a reason, this should be placed at the door of the main tomb where the coffin of the tomb owner is stored, specifically to deter those tomb robbers who come to rob the tomb. Because people in ancient times were more superstitious, they would also create some imaginary mythical beasts, such as such porcupines, which were basically extinct in the Han Dynasty. There is also this galloping horse, which is not a unicorn in Western mythology, but a mythical beast imagined by the craftsmen who made bronze statues in ancient China. Two years ago, when the ancient tomb of the King of Changsha in Chang@Sha, China was stolen, there was such a one-horned tomb beast that was excavated......"

At this time, Yoshihiko Noda had also returned to the front of the box, looked at the two bronze beasts in the box, and explained it to Mitsui Takashi and the two brothers.

Although these two brothers claim to be sinologists, they have not seen too many antique treasures from the Han Dynasty.

Especially such a uniquely shaped tomb beast, they really haven't seen it.

At this time, Yoshihiko Noda had already reached out and picked up one of them, these small beasts looked not small, but in fact, the weight was not heavy, the inside was hollow, and it should be poured by injection mold.

He took it and looked at it for a while, and then pointed out all the characteristics of the Han Dynasty bronzes that he knew, and explained them to Mitsui Gui and the two brothers one by one.

And the two Mitsui brothers, at this time, only nodded frequently, after all, when it comes to this real antique appraisal, they really have to listen to the opinions of Noda Yoshihiko, a real expert.

Soon the three of them have been unified, and these two must be the tomb beasts of the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty!

After Yoshihiko Noda finished explaining, he put down the tomb beast, and at this time, Mitsui Takazu, whose brain was spinning quickly, suddenly remembered something.

Wait, Tomb Beast? Doesn't that mean that the gang that Watanabe knew had stolen a Han Dynasty tomb in China before?

And this Noda Yoshihiko also said before that when the ancient tomb of King Changsha in the Han Dynasty was stolen two years ago, there was such a tomb beast that was discovered, doesn't that mean that the owner of this tomb is not small! (To be continued.) )