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Chapter 130 Twelve Flower God Cups

"Is this your first time in Hong Kong?"

Wu Tianyuan followed Zhai Jianmin out of the airport and came to the long-awaited Hong Kong.Zhang Zongxian went to Taiwan beforehand and returned in two days.

"It's okay to play for a few more days, follow my brother around!"

Zhai Jianmin said with a smile: "It just so happens that the Hong Kong Antiques Fair I organized will open in a few days, and many experts from all over the world will gather. You are a distinguished guest in China, so you should communicate more."

Wu Tianyuan was very excited. It was much easier to go out for treasure hunting and traveling.With Sun Yuyao at home to worry about, Hu Jianmin and Lao Ren in the museum, he can finally relax and enjoy life.

What's the fun in having money but not spending it?He is also a small local tyrant now, and it is rare to enjoy a life of spending money like water!

After booking the presidential suite in a five-star hotel, Zhai Jianmin first took him to eat the most authentic Hong Kong local dishes, and it was very refreshing.

"Tomorrow you are free for a day. I have to do something. I will take you to the antique exhibition the day after tomorrow. Wang Dagang will also be there at that time. Let's go around together."

Wu Tianyuan nodded. Just in time, he was about to go treasure hunting. Let's see where is the last treasure map under the mountain?

Early the next morning, he set out to hunt for treasures. Watching people come and go along the way, he sighed that it is indeed a big city, and the pace of life is fast, even walking and traffic lights are fast!
"Is this a warehouse?"

Wu Tianyuan was worried all the way, fearing that the treasures of Hong Kong, where every inch of land and every inch of gold, might have been discovered?Or if a building is built on it, that would be too troublesome!
According to the guide of the treasure map, I came to the very remote edge of West Kowloon. In front of me is a large warehouse, next to it is a pier, which should be a place for storing imported and exported goods.

"Number 68!"

Wu Tianyuan finally found the destination this time, a huge warehouse with a lock on the door, making it impossible to enter.

"Want to buy a warehouse again?"

Wu Tianyuan hesitated, he had already bought a dilapidated workshop and a closed down winery, although he made a lot of money, they were of no use value.It might as well be real estate or land, which might be useful in the future.

"Ask the situation first. The warehouse is better than the winery. It may be useful."

Wu Tianyuan asked the management office, and it turned out that this place is owned by the government. It cannot be bought or sold, but it can be leased for a long time. It just happened that the lease term of the row of No. 68 has just arrived, and the annual lease is 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Wu Tianyuan hurriedly signed a three-year contract. It is also convenient for mainlanders from Hong Kong to return to the mainland. They paid the money and got the keys.

"dig!"

It took a lot of effort this time, the warehouse floor was covered with cement, so he could only hire a worker to use a percussion drill to break the cement above, and then started digging himself.

"Damn, I'm exhausted this time, it would be a shame if I don't have a baby!"

After working until night, Wu Tianyuan finally got out the not too big treasure chest, took a breath, and opened it slowly.

"Kangxi Twelve Blue and White Flower God Cup!"

The top one is a set of red sandalwood boxed blue and white multicolored small wine glasses, the glaze color is crystal clear, the blue and white are elegant, very beautiful.

The real scientific name is the December flower pattern cup, a set of 12 pieces, the carcass is light and thin, the shape of the vessel is exquisite, the shape is regular and beautiful, and the vessel is as thin as paper.Its outer walls are decorated with different flowers of the twelve months of the year, and are accompanied by corresponding poems.

Kangxi had a lot of research and appreciation for the porcelain of the past dynasties. In the 19th year of Kangxi, he ordered JDZ to restore the imperial kiln factory and develop various types of porcelain in new styles.In the 25th year of Kangxi reign, JDZ Royal Kiln Factory fired a set of porcelain for the court - twelve flower pattern cups.For the first time, "poems, books, paintings, and seals" were used together on the same vessel, and a seasonal flower was painted on each cup, referring to famous women in history, and corresponding verses were inscribed, commonly known as "Twelve Cups". Luna Cup".

Emperor Kangxi loved it very much, and he took it with him on several southern tours. He not only liked the craftsmanship of the Huashen Cup porcelain, but also liked the cultural artistic conception of flowers paired with Tang poems.

In recent years, there have been 10 auction records for folk kilns and imitations of later generations, and the price of a single product ranges from hundreds of thousands to several million; there is no auction record for the original kilns of the Kangxi Dynasty, and Kaifeng Museum has collected a complete set of colorful twelve flowers God Cup, the National Palace Museum has collected a few single items that are not complete sets.

According to Niu Feng's research, Emperor RB during World War II was a super fan of Kangxi blue and white multicolored Twelve Flower God Cups. As early as 1926, the RB government established the Oriental History Museum to collect precious cultural relics from Asian countries. After the July 1937th Incident in [-], The RB Oriental History Museum once specially collected the December Flower God Cup in China.

RB hid the collected Huashen cups in batches in various material strongholds according to the monthly cups. When the RB was defeated in 1945, the large Japanese troops retreated hastily. Some supplies were directly destroyed, some were buried, and some were transported away hastily. This may be one of them.

"There are eight here?"

Wu Tianyuan couldn't put it down playing with the Huashen Cup. He likes this kind of collection the most. The Huashen Cup is a rare set in a hundred years. It can be said that it represents the highest level of Kangxi blue and white craftsmanship. This time it is really a treasure.

"Niu Feng checked the ships retreated by the Japanese army. Among them, in the archives about the Awa Maru, there is such an internal mimeograph document distributed in 1977, which records: According to the actual report, the Awa Maru contained Yuan Qinghua , Huashen cup, copper tripod, jade jewelry and other handicrafts, artistic products and valuables, these were all smuggled out of China after RB occupied China during the war."

Wu Tianyuan recalled that, based on the research and speculation of various information, the RB people collected the August osmanthus cup from the Kangxi Dynasty blue and white colorful December flower god cup collected from Huaxia, and it is possible that it was on this ship called Awa Maru. on board!

It was just that the ship traveled to the sea east of Niushan Island in Fujian Province, China, and was discovered by the US submarine Queen Fish, which was cruising in the sea area. It was attacked by several torpedoes and sank quickly 3 minutes later.

除1人外，2009名乘客、船员以及船上装载的40吨黄金、12吨白金、40箱左右的珠宝和文物、3000吨锡锭、3000吨橡胶以及数千吨大米，全部沉入海底。

In the modern century of the Kangxi Dynasty’s Huashen Cup, there have not been twelve complete sets of original products. For this reason, many Huashen Cup research associations have been formed in different historical periods in the industry.The main members of the association are collection experts and enthusiasts. They collect all historical materials, local chronicles and cultural relics files, study the authenticity of the Flora Cup, the difference between the imitation of the Flora Cup in different periods, especially the search for the lost Flora Cup, and travel all over the world. All over the world spent huge sums of money to buy back from abroad.

But until now, the mainland museums and private collections have not gathered 12 Flora cups.Therefore, the collectors often come up with this matter to talk about it. Every time this matter is mentioned, there will be a lot of quarrels. convincing statement.

But no matter what, everyone knows that there is no complete set of flower god cups in the Kangxi Dynasty, because the August osmanthus cups have disappeared!As for why it disappeared, that is a mystery.On the contrary, the more this is the case, the more the price of Kangxi colorful flower god cups will undoubtedly be quarreled. , so far, there is still no complete set, so this sky-high price only exists in legends.

"Here are eight cups. There are peach blossom cups in March, lotus cups in June, osmanthus cups in August, and chrysanthemum cups in September. The rest are definitely made by the Kangxi official kiln. Do you have any clues for the other brothers?"

Wu Tianyuan talked to each other, but there was still no clue. Eight of them were buried here back then, and there was no news about the rest, so we could only search slowly.

(End of this chapter)