Treasure Hunt all over the World

In the living room, the coffee table had been removed. Ye Tianzheng was standing in the center of the living room, staring at the ancient Greek sculpture on the floor and the fragments of the statue, lost in thought.

As soon as he returned to the guest room, after taking a short rest and washing up, Ye Tian got busy and began to admire his spoils.

He asked Cole and the others to move those solid wood crates into the living room, and then eagerly opened them one by one, took out all the incomplete statue and its fragments, placed them on the floor, and began to assemble them by themselves.

Relying on his ability to see through everything, it didn't take long for him to spell out the rough outline of the marble statue's buttocks and the upper half of the left leg, making rapid progress!

Combined with the right half of the torso and the upper half of the right arm pieced together by Rossini and the others, the integrity of this ancient Greek sculpture has been improved a bit, and the beauty it brings has also been enhanced a lot.

Even so, this is still a very severely damaged ancient Greek sculpture. Many statue fragments do not match the number and can only be scattered on the ground.

Through clairvoyance and understanding of ancient Greek sculpture art, Ye Tian can basically guess which part of the statue some marble fragments belong to.

However, due to the lack of some statue fragments connecting the previous and the following, and in order to avoid being too shocking, Ye Tian did not place those statue fragments where they should be, but scattered them aside!

After spelling out the outlines of the ancient Greek statue's hip and upper left leg, the work stalled and no further progress was made.

Next, Ye Tian studied the rest of the statue fragments carefully and tried countless times, but he still couldn't join them to the statue, and ended in failure every time. ,

Standing in the middle of the living room and meditating for a while, Ye Tian finally came to his senses, and then said helplessly:

"This ancient Greek statue is too badly damaged, and many fragments of the statue have been lost. If you can't find it, you won't be able to reproduce this statue. That would be a great pity!"

As soon as the words fell, Betty smiled and said:

"Honey, what you have done is already very good. The antique shop owner Rossini and his friends spent more than half a year working hard to spell out half of the torso and half of the arm.

But in less than twenty minutes, you quickly spelled out the outline of the statue's buttocks and the upper half of the left leg, making the statue more complete, which is amazing! "

Hearing Betty's words,

The others in the living room couldn't help but nodded, and everyone's eyes were filled with admiration.

Immediately afterwards, David asked curiously:

"Steven, when I was in Rossini's antique shop, I was very curious. Why did you buy this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture? It was so damaged that it was almost impossible to restore it.

However, since you are willing to spend 60,000 euros to buy this incomplete sculpture, you must have your reasons. Could it be that this marble sculpture is a top-notch work of art? And from that famous sculptor? "

Not only David, Betty and the others all wanted to know the answer to this question, everyone looked at Ye Tian, ​​and everyone was full of expectations.

Ye Tian looked at David, then glanced at the rest of the people, and then said firmly:

"This ancient Greek sculpture is not only a top-notch work of art, but a truly priceless treasure of almost immeasurable artistic and market value.

Its status and artistic value in the history of Western art are not inferior to the two treasures of the Louvre, "Venus with Broken Arm" and "Statue of Victory", and even far surpass them."

Before the words fell, the frying pan was already in the living room.

"How is it possible? This incomplete ancient Greek sculpture is actually better than "Venus with Broken Arm" and "Statue of Victory". Am I right?"

"Wow! "Venus Broken Arm" is recognized as the most beautiful sculpture in the world. It is a symbol and symbol of the beauty of the female body. How could there be any sculpture better than it? Whose sculpture is this?"

While exclaiming endlessly, everyone stared at Ye Tian dumbfounded, their eyes full of disbelief.

After everyone's emotions stabilized, Ye Tian continued:

"When I saw this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture in Rossini's antique shop, I made a preliminary judgment, or guess, and that guess was very bold enough to cause a huge sensation.

It was precisely because of that bold speculation that I accepted Rossini's offer of 60,000 euros without counter-offering, and immediately took down this mutilated ancient Greek sculpture, so as not to miss this priceless treasure.

After I came back, after some research just now, I was completely sure that my speculation was correct, and it was an extremely correct decision to take this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture and its fragments.

According to my judgment, this incomplete sculpture is the work of Phidias, the first of the three ancient Greek sculptors and recognized as the greatest classical sculptor, and it is a statue of Athena.

Phidias carved many statues of Athena in his life. The most famous one is the statue of Athena in the Parthenon, which is famous in history.

It's a pity that although Phidias carved many statues of Athena, none of them survived. The incomplete sculpture in front of everyone should be his only surviving statue of Athena! "

The voice fell, and the living room was completely silent.

Betty and the others were all dumbfounded. Everyone's eyes were wide open, staring at the marble fragments on the floor and the incomplete sculpture, their gazes were extremely hot, even a little crazy.

They have received western education since they were young and have a certain artistic quality. Of course they know who the three major sculptors of ancient Greece are, and of course they know who Phidias is!

It is no exaggeration, in the history of Western art, Phidias is a mythical figure, whose status is almost unmatched by no one, and there are even few artists who are qualified to hold a candle to him!

The incomplete sculpture and those fragments of the statue in front of them are actually the work of Phidias, and it is the only surviving and very representative statue of Athena. Can they not be shocked!

Regarding what Ye Tian just said, Betty and David didn't have the slightest doubt, everyone firmly believed it.

Since Steven said that this is a sculpture of Phidias, one of the representative works of the ancient Greek sculpture god, the statue of Athena, it is absolutely correct!

When did this guy, Steven, look away? Not once, and this time is no exception!

Ye Tian glanced at the stunned Betty and the others, and continued with a smile:

"As we all know, one of the three treasures of the Louvre Museum, "Venus with Broken Arms", was created by the famous ancient Greek sculptor Alexandros and was created around 150 BC.

Another treasure of the Louvre Museum, the "Statue of Victory", which was also seriously damaged, was created around 200 BC. It is currently impossible to verify who the author of the statue is.

Whether it is the famous sculptor Alexandros or the sculptor who created the "Statue of Victory", in ancient Greece, they were not even qualified to carry the shoes of Phidias.

From this we can see how high the status of Phidias is in ancient Greece and in the history of art. Once this incomplete statue of Athena is released, it will definitely cause a huge sensation..."