Chapter 525 [Faberge Easter Egg]
The two platinum rings that look plain and white are worth much more than Catherine's jewelry box full of all kinds of precious jewels, do you think this is the end? It couldn't be that there was something in the chest, and this time what appeared from the chest was a crystal box in the shape of a long strip.
The strangest thing about this crystal box is that it has a pull-out lid that is closed with a black resin around the lid, so there is no water or dirt inside.
Inside the crystal box was a box made of pure gold, Yang Nianzhong used a dagger to cut the branches around the crystal box with a knife to open the box, and took out the golden box inside.
There are no jewels on the surface of this golden box, it is a long gold box made of pure gold, but the box is carved with the heads of Tsar Nicholas II's family, including his empress's four daughters and the only crown prince, and these statues are carved according to their real appearance.
This box is a bit interesting, Yang Nianzhong opened this golden box excitedly, and what appeared inside was Russian easter eggs wrapped in red velvet, and the height and diameter of these easter eggs were actually about the same.
But the degree of exquisiteness is really surprising, the 12 cm high eggs are covered with diamonds of various colors, jadeite, emeralds, agate stones, aquamarines, large and small.
There is also a delicate latch that can be turned in the middle of the egg, which can be opened from the middle with a slight turn, and the opening of the egg is a circle inlaid with white gold. The description states who this egg belongs to, and who made it when it was made? Needless to say, it must be an Easter egg made by Fabergé, the father of Russian eggs.
This Fabergé is a legendary figure in Russia, who has served the Tsar royal family for most of his life, and has become famous since he made the first Easter egg and was included in the Tsar's royal family, and every year he will make Easter eggs for the Tsar family, which is known for its exquisiteness, luxury and beauty.
The Easter eggs he designed were made of the best materials, the most precious jewels and metal luxury, and the Easter eggs were just children's toys, but they were not expected to be made into heirloom treasures by Master Fabergé, and they were also monopolized by the Tsar's family.
The number of Easter eggs made by Fabergé in his lifetime is limited, and no more than a few dozen are all monopolized by the Tsar's family, these Tsar eggs are too famous in history, just because he is famous, so whether it is a greedy individual or a rebel, these Tsar eggs are treasures.
It is rumored that the Soviet Union was sanctioned by all Western societies at that time, and its development was particularly slow, and there was no money to develop the industry, so it had to sell some of these Tsar eggs.
In exchange for a large sum of money, this fed back the predicament of the Soviet Union, that is, the Soviet government killed all the Tsar's family, and in the end they had to point to other people's treasures to let their new country survive.
The Tsar's family was kicked out of their palace, although they were kicked out that year, but the government did not work out how to deal with the Tsar's family, plus the Tsar's family and the European royal family are related, do they see their relatives executed by the Soviet government.
So when they were first kicked out, the Tsar's family was still very courteous, at least they were able to carry their personal belongings, and they were able to carry a small amount of furniture. Among these items, there are several Fabergé Easter eggs that are the most precious, and the most commemorative ones are the seven Easter eggs found in Yang Nian.
Why? Because these eggs are Fabergé tailor-made eggs for the Tsar's family, the Tsar's family has a noble status, that is, the emperor from birth to growth, that is a national event, it was Nicholas II and his father took a fancy to Fabergé and asked him to make Easter eggs for the Tsar's family.
Fabergé also watched the birth of Tsar Nicholas II, whose eldest son would definitely inherit the throne in the future, and was concerned by the entire Tsarist Russia from birth. So Nicholas II's father approached Fabergé and asked him to make a tailor-made egg for his newborn son, the future heir to the empire, to celebrate the birth of his eldest son.
Fabergé also spent all his effort to produce this easter egg, let's not talk about how precious Tsar Nicholas II's easter egg is.
All the most expensive jewelry is used, although the most expensive metal is not large, only 12 centimeters, but it symbolizes that the 12 zodiac signs in the West will have a lot of meanings in it.
Yang Nianzhong took out this Tsar Easter egg and opened the button to divide the easter egg into two, opening the two halves of the easter egg is like cutting two halves of a salted duck egg, blocked by a white gold partition The shelf is carved with a miniature version of the Nicholas II birth hand mask and foot mask, yes, it is a miniature version of the hand mask and foot mask.
Open the two partitions, and after the partition of the upper half of the easter egg is opened, the image of Nicholas II when he was born appears, which is a small chubby pier, and a dragon with oriental colors appears in it.
This dragon is equivalent to a small silkworm chrysalis, the material is actually carved from the finest emerald jadeite is very exquisite, the dragon whiskers of the Oriental dragon are as thin as hair, the scales on the body are smaller than millet grains, and the nose and eyebrows are still carved lifelike.
Nicholas II was born in May 1868, 1868 is the year of the dragon in China, and his zodiac sign is the dragon, and the dragon in China represents the supreme imperial power. In the eyes of the superstitious Romanov dynasty, Nicholas II was the lord of Zhongxing, what a beautiful meaning, but I didn't expect Nicholas II to be the king of the dead country.
After taking out this jade dragon, another partition appeared in the easter egg, and when you pick up this partition, you can see that there is a small velvet belt in the upper half of the room, and after opening this small bag, it is poured into the palm of your hand, and a baby tooth of a toddler actually appears.
You don't have to think about it to know that this is the first tooth that Nicholas II lost when he grew up, which is very commemorative, Yang Nianzhong quickly packed this small tooth in a velvet bag, and then sealed it and filled it back as it was, which opened the second half of the easter egg.
The lower part of the partition is carved with the image of Nicholas II as an 18-year-old adult, riding a tall horse and holding a saber, which looks majestic, and when it is opened, it actually appears, a golden bull head made of pure gold.
It looks a bit like the head of the zodiac animal, but it is made of pure gold, only the size of a small lychee, and it is quite heavy when you put it in your hand, and the eyes of the cow are actually inlaid with rubies.
Tsar Nicholas II was born on May 18, 1868, according to the western constellation, it happens to be Taurus, and when he picked up the bull's head, a small velvet band appeared in the innermost part of the egg, and he opened the bag and took out a small lock of baby's hair tied with red silk.
A small easter egg is split into two halves, the upper half is the Emerald Dragon of Nicholas II's zodiac, then his 1st baby tooth that he lost, the lower half is his zodiac sign Taurus, and then the fetal hair of a first-rate baby lost from his head.
The two partitions, one is a hand mask, the other is a foot mask turned over and a Nicholas II was born, and the other is 18 years old, which can be said to be a small Fabergé Easter egg, including all the major events of Nicholas from birth to 18 years old.