Shengshibaojian

As for the Buddha statues of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, whether the collection of the Mido Museum is real or the one held by COSCO is fake, Shen Qiu dare not jump to conclusions, and has to go to the battle to verify it himself.

According to the mentality of ordinary people, the things exhibited in the museum must be authentic!

Shen Qiu's inner world also thinks so, but the reality is different from everyone's imagination. In Huaxia and Yanjing, all the collections in museums are basically authentic, but it's different in foreign countries. .

There is a certain gap between foreign appraisal technology and Huaxia's appraisal, so the credibility of their so-called authoritative appraisal results must be discounted.

Furthermore, in many private museums abroad, the quality of the exhibits is uneven. The collections in the museums are genuine and fake.

Xie Jingwen also saw the suspicion, and asked while serving tea to Zhongyuan: "Mr. Zhongyuan, if I remember correctly, the Mido Museum in Dajing City also has a Buddha statue that is exactly the same! And The Buddha statue in the museum is a complete set, I wonder what unknown story is hidden in Mr. Zhongyuan's Buddha head?"

COSCO chuckled and said, "It depends on your identification skills. I brought you the items, and you can ask for the price. I'm not interested in making up stories! If the price offered by Master Shen Qiu is similar to what I estimated, That means we are destined, you pay the money, you take the things away! Not much to say! Master Shen Qiu will start inspecting the goods?"

COSCO obviously didn't want to disclose the source of this Buddha head, and just wanted to make a one-shot deal with Shen Qiu. To put it bluntly, it all depends on whether the money Shen Qiu can give in one step!

Shen Qiu slowly approached the Buddha's head, and first observed the outline and shape of the Buddha's head. It has to be said that this is definitely the most perfect outline of the Sakyamuni statue he has identified.

Although it is only a broken Buddha head, the proportion of his facial features is extremely perfect, the facial expressions are lifelike, and the entire Buddha face is slightly thinner. This is precisely the distinctive feature of Buddha making in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Production began to focus on plump style.

In addition, it can be seen that the material of the Buddha's head is white marble, which is the most natural stone among many stones. The sculpture made of it is very beautiful. Its price is relatively expensive and its texture is solid. And delicate, many famous stone carvings throughout the ages are made of white marble.

For example, the stone carvings and Huabiao in the Forbidden City, such as Wu Zetian's wordless stele, such as the stone steles in the tombs of various emperors.

The value of white marble is well known. Since the Han Dynasty, this jade-like material has been used to build palaces, decorate temples, carve Buddha statues, and decorate halls. Most of them come from the border areas of China.

Then, Shen Qiu started to feel the temperature of the Buddha statue itself, a hot temperature came one after another, the age is right!It is determined to be a Buddha statue from the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Then the historical fragments about this Buddha head circling back and forth in Shen Qiu's mind like a movie playing.

It turns out that this Buddha statue comes from a temple called Feitian Temple. This temple was personally designated by Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In history, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was famous for enveloping Buddhist rituals. Four large-scale temples were built in one go, and Feitian Temple was the most time-consuming and labor-intensive temple among them.

The Sakyamuni in the temple is like the stone that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty collected from all over the country. At that time, there was very little white marble material, and its value was even higher than gold. It is no exaggeration to say that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty used it for The construction of this Buddha statue of Sakyamuni was almost made of white marble materials from all over the country.

The temple took a total of three years to build, and the sculpture of a single Buddha statue took more than two years, and it was a work supervised by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. This shows how precious this Buddha statue was back then. In Yang Jian's view, belief is more important than anything else.

This white marble Buddha statue is the love and respect of his life!

But how was this Buddha statue destroyed later?This is inseparable from the son of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, that is, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Yang who succeeded to the throne.

It is recorded in the historical annals that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was pissed to death by the crown prince's three angers. It was said that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty's absurd behavior when his father was sick, directly pissed the seriously ill Emperor Wen to death on the spot.

The first thing is that during the period when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was ill, Yang Guang began to plan for his enthronement and related measures. The news reached the ears of his father Yang Jian inadvertently. He was not dead yet, but his son began to plan for his enthronement. In the upper ranks, everyone will be very angry in their hearts.

Second anger, it is said that Yang Guang saw his father's concubine Chen's beauty as a flower in the days of his father's deadline. His father Sui Wendi heard the news that night, and he vomited several mouthfuls of blood in anger.

Because of his son molesting his stepmother, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty called the prince Yang Guang and scolded him. Who knew that Yang Guang saw that his father was running out of time, so he didn't buy his account at all. The father and son were in Renshou Palace An unprecedented confrontation ensues.

The maids and eunuchs at that time were kicked out, and no one knew what happened between the father and son. It is said that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was so angry that he wanted to summon his courtiers to abolish Yang Guang, the rebellious crown prince.

Yang Guang showed his beastly nature, and he went up and kicked Yang Jian. Yang Jian was so ill that he couldn't stand his kick. The blood he spit out covered the whole screen. The so-called first emperor of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was so pissed off by his son, and the crown prince Yang Guang successfully inherited the throne.

After Yang Guang registered, he first did two major things. The first thing was to kill his stepmother, the concubine who was snitching on his father.

The second thing is to destroy the Feitian Temple where my father worships every day, including the Buddha statue carved with white marble, in order to retaliate against my father's behavior during his lifetime, and also to declare to the world, He and his father, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, are two emperors with different personalities.

Although the Feitian Temple was destroyed, the white marble Buddha statue was secretly preserved by the head monk at that time, and then it was exiled among the people, and was brought to England by a missionary during the Qing Dynasty, and finally came to Ridao. Dajing.

"Master Shen Qiu! How much do you value this collection?"

The voice of COSCO brought Shen Qiu back from that period of absurd history. A Buddha head witnessed the changes in history, the passing of a generation of kings, and the rise of Sui Wendi, a generation of heroic emperors.

The Buddha head is undoubtedly authentic, and it is another national treasure-level collection. Zhonghua Antique Store has no problem eating it.

Shen Qiu's attitude is firm, as long as it is a national treasure, it must be taken home!Everything that belongs to us Chinese must be taken home, not a single one is missing!

"Mr. Zhongyuan, I have completed the appraisal of the item, and it is an authentic piece! But I have a question!"

"Master Shen Qiu, you don't need to ask!"

COSCO interrupted without giving Shen Qiu a chance to ask questions: "I have already made it clear to your store just now, I am too lazy to explain the reason, I just need a happy transaction, you are responsible for the valuation and give the money, other I don't care!"

"Okay, I'll give you an estimated value of $300 million!"

At that time, the entire Buddha statue was brought back from England at a cost of 380 million dollars. Considering various factors, after all, this is only a Buddha head, and the rest of the Buddha body has to be said separately. Strictly speaking, 300 million dollars The valuation is considered a premium valuation!

COSCO was silent for a few seconds. He seemed to be thinking about something, and finally nodded in response: "Master Shen Qiu! You really belong to me! These eyes are really poisonous! The price given is within my expectation! Deal! $300 million! I'll give it to you!"