Inherit For Three Thousand Years

"I have seen Dong Wang's sincerity in wanting to cooperate. Since Dong Wang has given such good conditions for cooperation, I must show my sincerity. I will sort it out today. Mr. Lu, you can contact Dong Dong today. , let him send someone over to receive it tomorrow." Since it is a win-win cooperation, the other party has made the biggest concession, Xiao Yao is very optimistic about this cooperation, and at the same time attaches great importance to it.

"Then I will call Director Wang immediately after I go back and ask him to arrange relevant personnel to come over as soon as possible." Lu Yahong didn't care much about the benefits after the cooperation. What he cared about was that through this cooperation, he would finally have a relationship with Xiao Yao in the future A closer connection has been made.

After sending Lu Yahong away, Xiao Yao began to consider the choice of items to send.

If we want to raise the huge amount of 10.5 billion to be returned to the bank, it will be a drop in the bucket and useless to take out ordinary antique works of art for auction.

It is impossible for him to put too many collections on the auction at one time, it is better to choose a few world-class art treasures with high prices to send to the auction.

Xiao Yao had too many auction items to choose from. After thinking for a while, he quickly selected 4 world-class antique works of high value to send to the auction.

Considering that Lu Yahong specifically stated that he was collecting items for Yiyun Hong Kong Island Autumn Auction, the four works of art selected by Xiao Yao are all Western cultural relics.

In Pan Wu's collection, the most top-notch antique works of art and the largest number are naturally all kinds of cultural relics from the past dynasties of the country.

However, a large part of domestic treasures and cultural relics are not allowed to leave the country. In order to avoid trouble, it is more appropriate to choose Western cultural relics.

The first piece of cultural relics he was going to send for auction was a glass vase with embossed gemstones, which he named "Eros Vase".

The name is very common, but when it comes to the world-renowned Portland vase, people who are concerned about Western cultural relics should not be unfamiliar.

The famous Portland vase is a gemstone embossed glass vase.

This vase is an ancient Roman vase decorated with white patterns on dark blue glass (production time is about the 1st century). This vase in the British Museum was owned by the Duke of Portland in the 18th century, so it was named Bo Tran vase.

The only vase of its kind handed down today is the Portland vase, which was restored after being broken and is now in the British Museum.

Portland vases are made by an ancient craft called "gem cameo glass". This method is to learn from the technique of gemstone carving. First, immerse the dark glassware that has just been made and has not been cooled in the white molten glass liquid to form a light-colored appearance, then take it out, and remove the excess white glass layer on the surface immediately after it cools down. part, exposing the dark base color, thus forming a bas-relief-like decorative pattern.

There is nothing unusual about a piece of glass now, but this kind of vase first appeared in ancient Rome, that is, about the first century AD, and the ancients about 2,000 years ago could research such a superb glass-making process, then It's amazing.

In today's world, the Portland vase is recognized as the most exquisite surviving ancient Roman gem glass product. The exquisite craftsmanship and superb relief art are really amazing.

Such fine old art, if you don't count Pan Wu's collection, the Portland Vase is truly second to none.

But in Pan Wu's collection, there are many similar vases made in ancient Rome, and there are at least 10 of them.

What Xiao Yao chose from among them was a vase embossed with a bathing picture in the Garden of Cupid.

The relief art of this vase is not inferior to the Portland vase at all, and the whole vase is very complete without any flaws or cracks.

The exquisite vase he took out was made 2,000 years ago. Its outstanding artistry is shocking, and the humanistic significance it represents is even more immeasurable.

The Portland vase was originally one of the treasures of the British Museum. Xiao Yao believes that once his Cupid vase is publicized, it will surely shock the world.

The auction price of this vase can reach a high price,

He couldn't even estimate it himself. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a priceless treasure.

The second lot he chose was "Bronze Statue of the Discus Thrower".

"The Discus Thrower" is a bronze sculpture made by the Greek sculptor Myron around 450 BC. The original work has been lost, and the existing ones are all replicas of later generations, most of which are carved in marble.

Xiao Yao chose to take out this piece of collection to be auctioned, firstly because the reputation of this work is big enough, it is already known all over the world. The second reason is that there is not only one bronze sculpture, but four, and I am not reluctant to take out one of them for auction.

The time is too long, and Xiao Yao has no way of knowing how many pieces of this bronze sculpture were made at that time, and there are 4 pieces in Panwu's collection, which means that the number of pieces produced at that time was at least 4 pieces.

The reason why there are many pieces of the same work is probably related to the actual needs of Greece at that time.

In ancient Greek society, martial arts were popular, and urban citizens were proud of being able to fight well. They emphasized physical exercise, sports competitions were popular, and they admired human body and fitness. In addition to the continuous athletic competitions held in various cities at ordinary times, it is also stipulated that a large-scale athletic event for the whole of Greece will be held in Yaqu Olympia every four years. The participants are all strong and naked men.

Today's four-yearly World Olympic Games has inherited this Greek tradition. In ancient Greece, the winner of the games was regarded as the favor of God, the supreme glory, and was praised and admired by the whole people, and the sculptor was asked to commemorate his statue, enshrined like a god, and the tree was a tree for learning to imitate. example.

In this piece of work, Myron chose the momentary movement in motion, and the long-distance runner is shown so vividly that you can almost hear his panting, which also has a very high artistic level. This work has been recorded in many documents, but apart from Pan Wu's collection, it has long been lost in reality.