Chapter 269: Tang Houxing
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Standing with thick eyebrows, decorated with treasure ornaments, dressed in a sun and moon robe, a noble and gorgeous lady was surrounded by twenty-eight people, a few of whom looked at the clothes should be eunuchs, and most of the others looked at the headdress, which should be Gong'e.
It's just that there are a lot of these palace ladies, all wearing men's clothes and earrings.
Seeing such a picture, Jin Muchen's mind flashed the introduction and records of famous Chinese paintings in the past dynasties in ancient books such as "Moyuan Huiguan", "Grand View of Chinese Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" and "Yunhui Zhai Collection of Famous Paintings since the Tang and Song Dynasties".
One of them is very controversial, and even over the ages, there have been special scholars who have studied and discussed the noble lady on this painting.
The focus of their discussion was who the noble lady in the painting really was.
And this painting is the great painter of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xuan's "Journey from the Tang Dynasty"!
Since the painting was created in the Tang Dynasty, it has been collected by successive rulers who have held imperial power, and this tradition has been passed down to the Qing Dynasty.
Until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, only because of the war and did not know where to go, now in the Palace Museum in the capital, there is also a picture of "Tang Dynasty Queen's Journey", but this painting is a close friend Yu Ming in 1919 imitation painting, as for the real thing, has long been missing.
There are many ways to flow this painting, some people say that it was lost halfway when Cixi Lao @# Zi fled west.
Others say that the painting has been destroyed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and others say. The painting was snatched by the French in the Eight-Nation Alliance. It's been lost overseas.
Others say that it was snatched by the Japanese. Anyway, since the Gengzi Rebellion, no one has ever seen the authenticity of this painting.
If it weren't for Jin Muchen's ability to have golden eyes and be able to see the jewels flashing on the baby, even he wouldn't be sure that the painting he saw in front of him was the genuine product of "The Journey of the Tang Dynasty" created by Zhang Xuan in the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking that the painting in his hand was actually a genuine product that had left a clear mark on history, a rare national treasure of great value, Jin Muchen couldn't help but tremble a little with his hands.
Henry on the other side, and his big guy. At this time, he was busy counting the money and verifying the authenticity of the banknotes that Jin Muchen gave them, so he didn't notice Jin Muchen's excitement just now, Jin Muchen quickly adjusted his feelings, took a few deep breaths, and stopped his hands from trembling.
You must know that this painting in your hand can be said to be a priceless and rare treasure for any Chinese antique lover, and it can even be said to be no less than the Yuan blue and white jar of Guiguzi that the rich man in the Middle East bought with a lot of money.
Even in the minds of many Chinese archaeologists. The value of this painting is even higher than that of the Yuan blue and white pot.
Even Jin Muchen, who is accustomed to seeing all kinds of national treasure-level treasures, can hardly hide the agitation in his heart at this time. The reason is simple, just because this painting is so famous in history.
This painting has been recorded in the Tang Dynasty as early as the Tang Dynasty, but it is a pity that later records about this painting have disappeared because of the war of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and even this painting has disappeared.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that it was re-published, when the work was recorded in the Song Dynasty's Xuanhe Painting, which described and recorded the painting in great detail.
Since then, because most of the historical records of this painting in the Tang Dynasty have been lost due to the war, there are many history lovers who have been studying which queen of the Tang Dynasty in this painting is.
Because this painting was written by Zhang Xuan, according to his age, it is inferred that this painting should be a work of the early Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty in the painting can only be the famous women from Taizong to Xuanzong.
In the early Tang Dynasty, it was called "Queen of the Tang Dynasty", and people who were more than middle-aged could not be Yang Guifei, because Yang Guifei had never been a queen.
It is also impossible for Empress Wei, because Empress Wei murdered Tang Zhongzong, so Tang Xuanzong killed her.
Judging from the style of the painting, the sun and moon robe worn by the "Tang Dynasty", and at that time, only Wu Zetian dared to embroider the sun and moon pattern on his shoulders, so it was impossible for other Tang Dynasty queens, because this kind of clothing broke the constraints of the court system at that time.
Therefore, according to the above scrutiny, in this painting, the incomparably noble lady is undoubtedly Wu Zetian, who became the emperor.
Because this painting depicts a travel scene, Wu Zetian wears a phoenix hat on her head, because in ordinary times or other paintings about her, she wears a crown or a golden phoenix crown.
Painting Wu Zetian's painting, this status is equivalent to painting a portrait of the emperor.
You must know that those big figures in Chinese history, especially before the Song Dynasty, few people have the habit of painting themselves, so about the appearance of the rulers of those dynasties before the Song Dynasty, everyone is generally speculative based on historical records.
It wasn't until the beginning of the Song Dynasty that some emperors began to have the habit of asking painters to paint portraits of themselves, but even so, many portraits of emperors were lost due to war.
What can be preserved so far are the portraits of some emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The "Picture of the Queens of the Tang Dynasty" in front of me, although it uses obvious painting techniques from the Tang Dynasty, and the painting style is also the preference of people in the Tang Dynasty.
But it is still possible to see the facial features of some characters through the outline of some people's facial features.
This is crucial for many archaeologists.
Because of this, this painting is extremely precious, not to mention that the woman in this painting has left an unusually strong mark in the history of China, the first and only female emperor in Chinese history!
Jin Muchen's heart was beating very hard at this time, the painting in front of him was a rare national treasure, no matter what, he had to take this painting down.
This painting can appear here, but it is still thanks to the blessing of the two thieves in front of him.
There have been many theories about the whereabouts of this painting before, but none of them have ever been confirmed, and its appearance here today should also verify a previous speculation that it should have been snatched by the French in the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Since then, it has been preserved in obscurity, looking at the quality of this painting, it should have been preserved quite well over the years, presumably it should have been locked in a dry and dark box, and it has never been published.
Although this is a bit of a violent object, it is indeed the best protection for this ancient painting with a history of thousands of years.
You must know that if the ancient paintings of such an age are often taken out for exhibition, or for people to take pictures, I am afraid that the stimulation of the light will have already faded and decayed the dye on the painting.
Fortunately, although it has been hidden in a dark box before, this is the best protection for this ancient painting.
Jin Muchen slowly put away the painting in his hand, and then looked up at Henry and his big guy.
"Two, how much does this painting cost?"
"Is that a painting? Do you like it? If you like it, give 1,500 dollars! ”
Henry's boss just turned his gaze back from the money detector, and the kid in front of him was really a rare authentic, and there were no tricks on the banknotes he brought.
This made him can't help but have the idea of making friends with this person, if he can ensure this fixed shipping channel, it would be good, not to mention that this guy has always been very generous.
As for the painting, they didn't care at all, for a big art country like France, painting was really normal for them.
There have been countless internationally renowned painters in the history of France, and their country's museums have tens of thousands of world-famous oil paintings.
Therefore, the painting in front of him, for the thieves with some artistic taste, is simply a ghost drawing, and when it was stolen from that family, it was just a hand.
As for the origin and historical significance of the painting, after one glance at the painting, the leader of the thieves lost interest in studying it.
In their impression, the more valuable Chinese antiques should be porcelain, and as for the paintings, forget it!
And for the French, what they appreciate more is oil painting, and this Chinese-style painting in front of them is really difficult to attract their interest.
Not to mention paintings from more than a thousand years ago, even if they were paintings from before the Common Era, if they were like this, they would not be worth much in the eyes of these art thieves.
Jin Muchen really didn't know whether to be happy or angry, but at this time he also knew that he shouldn't think so much, so he directly opened the purse, then took out a wad of banknotes from it, counted out 1,500 dollars, and threw it directly to the two people opposite.
Then he looked at the travel bag on the floor of the carriage, which was already shriveled and there was nothing else, and he was relieved.
"Can you give me this travel bag? I forgot to bring my bag when I left the house. ”
"No problem, just take it, Jim, I remember you, we'll be here again next year, and if you do, hopefully we'll meet again."
The boss was very satisfied with today's transaction, although he very much wanted to directly develop Jin Muchen into a VIP customer, but for the sake of safety, he still decided to observe this guy for a few years before speaking.
Jin Muchen also smiled and nodded, and then put all the treasures he received from these guys into his travel bag, and pushed the door and got out of the car.
Although the ghost market has only been open for a few hours, and it hasn't even reached midnight at this time, he has no heart to continue shopping here, with such a large and hundreds of millions of things on his body, no one has the heart to continue to wander around here, at this time his mind is full of thoughts, hurry home! (To be continued......)