In ordinary people's homes, the lanterns placed at the door were carved in stone, while the lanterns placed in front of the doors of the nobles or shogunate ministers were bronze lanterns.

And after more than 100 years, such lanterns have become the favorite of all kinds of antique lovers.

Therefore, such lanterns are very common in various antique markets in Japan.

On the stall in front of me, there are not a few, all kinds of copper lanterns, all kinds of sizes, all kinds of no less than hundreds, it seems that it is particularly loved.

However, the jewels that Jin Muchen noticed did not flash from these bronze lanterns.

There are not only hundreds of copper lanterns of all kinds on this stall, but also a lot of various copper ornaments and statues, most of these statues look at the shape, most of them are shoddy kinds, and they are modern handicrafts or imitations at a glance.

Looking at the workmanship, Jin Muchen is almost certain that 90% of these things are handicrafts wholesaled from that famous wholesale town in China.

Although it is known as an antique fair, how can every piece in it be an antique, so almost all the stalls will be more or less placed with a lot of handicrafts, the only difference is that some of the handicrafts placed on the stalls are relatively high in specification and fine in workmanship, which belongs to high-end handicrafts.

Others, on the other hand, are shoddy, low-priced stall-level handicrafts.

Almost most of the handicrafts on this stall are low-priced, low-quality handicrafts.

Most of these bronze ornaments are human figures. And most of them are Buddha statues. The shape of these Buddha statues is not the same as the shape of domestic Buddha statues. Almost all of them are in the shape of those Buddha statues in Japanese Buddhist scriptures.

The domestic Buddha statues are generally made of Arhats, or Bodhisattvas, or Maitreya Buddha or something, and almost all of them are bronze gilt shapes in China, and few are directly made of bronze.

Therefore, the difference between these Japanese Buddha statues can be seen almost at a glance.

But what Jin Muchen paid attention to was the two Buddha statues in the pile of Buddha statues in this stall, and the shape of these two Buddha statues was very strange. It is very different from the traditional Japanese bronze Buddha statues.

The Buddha statues enshrined in Japan are basically imported from China during the Tang Dynasty, and the bronze Buddha statues of that era are basically the same as the bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty, but later, they gradually evolved their own style, and the shape began to gradually distinguish from the domestic Buddha statues.

However, these two statues are not much different from the domestic Buddha statues. However, they are not exactly the same, and there are some other differences from Japanese Buddha statues. This made Jin Muchen feel strange.

And the jewels flashing on these two Buddha statues told him that these two Buddha statues were not fakes, but genuine antiques, which made him even more curious.

Although Jin Muchen doesn't know a lot about Japanese antiques, he has also studied Buddha statues for a period of time since he got a lot of Buddha statues from the Boston Museum some time ago.

After all, as far as the Buddha statues are concerned, Northeast Asia, there are only a few important branches, the most important is China, then Japan, and then Korea, and the Buddha statues in Japan and South Korea are almost all influenced by Chinese images.

Japanese Buddha statues have a long history, but it is certainly true that they were all transmitted from Chinese mainland, and the earliest time should have appeared in the sixth century, when Japan was still the Asuka period.

The shape of the Buddha statues in the Asuka period was almost 100% influenced by the Buddha statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty in China, when most of the Buddha statues in China looked clumsy and serious, and the Buddha statues of that period in Japan were also about the same.

The only difference from the Chinese Buddha statues at that time was that the Buddha statues made in Japan at that time were almost always symmetrical frontal images.

Later, in the late Asuka period, some Japanese Buddha statues began to appear wearing a crown or combing a bun, which is an asymmetrical profile image that has gradually developed into the style of Japanese self-Buddha statues.

In the Hakuho era, the Buddha statues in Japan were widely used in the image of the Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty, and the shape of the Buddha statues began to smile on the face, and the lines of the clothes on the body were smoother than before, no longer as serious as before, and the lines of the clothes on the body were stiff.

In the Nara period, because of the prosperity of Buddhism in Japan, at that time, in order to expand its influence, Japanese Buddhism began to promote the Mahayana Buddhist concept that everyone can become a Buddha, and began to thoroughly develop its own set of ideologies in the shape of Buddha statues.

Not only the facial modeling, but also the clothes on the body, also began to gradually have a Japanese style, so that the Buddha statues that are very close to ordinary people are more pleasing to those ordinary believers, so it is from that time that Japanese Buddhism began to gradually derive its own Buddha statue shape.

There are even some Japanese sects of Buddhist Buddhas, and such Buddha statues are basically invisible in China.

And these characteristics are the difference between Japanese Buddha statues and ancient Chinese Buddha statues.

However, it is also because of the war, the earliest Asuka period, and the white phoenix period of Japanese antique Buddha statues, can be well preserved to the advanced number, there are not many, in addition to several famous temples in Japan, there are some particularly large Buddha statues have been preserved to the present, those small bronze Buddha statues, have basically all been destroyed in the later war.

However, there are not a few bronze Buddha statues from the Kamakura period and the Heian period that have survived to this day, but most of the bronze Buddha statues from the beginning of these two eras are pure Japanese Buddha statues, which are the kind of ordinary people who are modeled and solemn Buddha statues are rare.

The two Buddha statues in front of you, at a glance, are definitely not typical of the Kamakura period in Japan, and the bronze Buddha statues of the Heian period later, there are many differences just from the appearance.

These two Buddha statues, one is a bronze Buddha standing statue, and the other is a bronze Buddha sitting statue.

The standing phase can be about 1.5 meters high, the shoulder width can be about 30 centimeters, the face of the Buddha statue is full, the law is solemn, and there is a bun on the head.

The two hands are slightly raised, and the body is about 45 degrees oblique, the index finger of this hand is stretched out to the sky, and the middle finger is bent, but it is not close to the palm, which is officially the famous dreadnought seal in Buddhism.

The left hand is 45 degrees downward, the ring finger and little finger go to the palm, and the index finger and middle finger are together, which is to perform the famous wish seal.

The shape of the Buddha statue is slightly serious, although there is no big lotus petal-shaped bare back on the back, the shape is still gentle and powerful, the body is wearing a coat wrapped in a belt, the collar is convex, the front of the coat is a V-shaped ladder-like shape, the ups and downs are profound, the hem at both ends of the lower side of the coat is slightly raised to both sides, and the three-dimensional sense is super strong.

No matter how you look at this Buddha statue, it is not ordinary, not to mention the various jewels that constantly flash on this Buddha statue.

That kind of strong cyan light, although the color is very strong, but it is not dazzling, it is very in line with the characteristics of Buddhist antiques, it is very soft and comfortable.

Another bronze seated Buddha statue can be about 30 centimeters high and about 15 centimeters wide.

This Buddha statue is the same as the previous one, there is no back of the back, and the head is also combed in a bun, but this bun is combed high, and the expenditure is about seven or eight centimeters, and the shape is quite different from the traditional Chinese bronze Buddha statue.

This Buddha statue is the same as the one in front, sitting there with a solemn appearance, and it is also a seal with both hands, but this time the Buddha seal is not known to Jin Muchen, and this is not the point.

The point is that the clothes worn by this Buddha statue are very similar to the previous Buddha statue, but the difference is that this Buddha statue has a string of Buddha beads on its chest.

And the clothes on the upper body are not like the standing statue in front, which is a V-neckline, and this time this Buddha statue has a U-shaped neckline, but it is also a little different from the Buddha statue in front.

The two Buddha statues are constantly flashing with jewels, and they are good things from the previous year, mixed with other fake and old bronze statues, if you don't look carefully, it's really not so easy to distinguish.

Even if you are a person who specializes in this thing, if you don't look closely, it will definitely be difficult to distinguish these two masterpieces from those imitations on the side.

Although most of those imitations are shoddy guys, and the style is very exaggerated, but after all, there are many of them, and if you don't look for them carefully, it's really difficult to distinguish them from other guys.

Thanks to Jin Muchen's golden eyes, it would not be so easy to find such two different Buddha statues.

Jin Muchen came to the front of this stall, and then began to pretend to glance around, but the bronze lanterns placed on the stall were not the focus of his attention at all, his focus was all on the two bronze statues.

And he stood like this for half an hour, and Watanabe, who had been standing beside him, was already a little impatient to wait, Watanabe liked porcelain, and there was not much time to study such things as bronze.

What's more, the things on the stall, except for those copper lanterns, he thinks they are all high-quality fakes and handicrafts, after all, he has no research on Buddha statues at all.

But Jin Muchen didn't say to leave, he was embarrassed to speak, seeing that Jin Muchen was fascinated, he simply waved his hand, and walked forward with the stall owner who had been standing behind...... (To be continued.) )