John Carru didn't know where the arowana came from, but Li Yi knew very well that the cool air that should have absorbed from his body made this guy's spirit even stronger than when he was not caught in the water, and his strength was even greater.

Although he knew this, the doubts in his heart were much more than those of John Caru, who was at a loss. The plants containing cold air all had some magical features. So what about these animals?

Also, plants containing cold air, animals that absorb cold air, and even Polygonum multiflorum, are these things really as simple as what he sees now?

Frowning and thinking for a while, Li Yi shook his head with a wry smile. This problem has not happened for a day or two, so what's the use of being entangled? Anyway, as long as it is harmless to him, it would be nice to live in such a confused way.

"Sorry, Mr. Li Yi, I really don't know how to express my apology..."

After all, he was old and the fall was quite unexpected and there was no protection, so John Carru suffered a minor injury to the waist. But this was good, so he didn't have to eat or waste too much time on the tour, and he didn't have to worry about being invited to hunt.

If Li Yi had the idea of ​​doing things slowly when he first came, as long as he could get stuck at the end of the Biennale and the antique dealers would go back before the party was held, then the discovery of the wooden box on the roof had already made him feel impatient and worried about gains and losses, not to mention that there was a more important holy plate waiting for him.

The island was very beautiful and the lunch was prepared very richly, but John Carru was absent due to emergency treatment, so several people, including Edmund, ate a little in a hurry and rushed back to the treasure room of the manor on the shore.

Before continuing to look at the remaining collections, Li Yi roughly estimated that as of now, the treasures he is interested in should be worth about 40 million euros.

Of course, this value does not include the "Stummy Pain Stick" which is actually the original work of Zhang Xu. He will not admit that it is Zhang Xu's original work. Even the Kuifeng-patterned jade pendant is Lu Zigang's work, let alone the treasures hidden in the wooden box on the roof.

But even if these are not counted, the valuation of these cultural relics on the surface is still as high as 40 million euros. It can be said that this amount is a bit beyond Li Yi's expectations. Moreover, because of the continuous emergence of unexpected factors such as the wooden box on the roof, "Stummy Pain", and "David Picture", Li Yi had to carefully consider changing the plan and promote the conclusion of the transaction as soon as possible.

Before, although he knew the preciousness of the monument of the "Holy Virgin", if only this one was not enough to make him hurriedly complete the transaction. His initial idea was to choose some from John Carru, and then provide some cultural relics of the same level for him to help search. After the value of the cultural relics in his hand was roughly equivalent to "Scream", the two parties would complete the transaction.

But now the situation has changed, and this plan that takes a lot of time is not feasible. Moreover, because of the appearance of "The Picture of David", Li Yi has hesitated between collecting cash and directly exchanging "The Picture of David". For a moment, he didn't know what to do to maximize his interests.

"Mr. Eimmond, I think that Mr. John Carru's collection should have a rough estimate, right? Then, I will pick out all the things I like. Please help me make a summary of the quotes, and then we will discuss them slowly. What do you think?"

"No problem, it's just Mr. Li Yi, Mr. John Carru told me that although he offered a sky-high price of 168 million for "Scream", he didn't expect to see the physical items so soon, so if you need a lot of cash, he hopes that you can give him some time to raise funds."

"Of course there is no problem with this. After all, no one will always prepare so much cash..."

Li Yi replied with a smile, but then added in his heart, "Besides him."

But this is not something to be proud of. This only shows that his capital utilization rate is too low, or he has no concept of business and financial management at all.

He gave Eymond a few cultural relics he had seen in the morning to quote. Li Yi continued to look at the antiques one by one in front of the booth. Soon, he finished looking at all the antiques on the left half of the booth. Although he saw two pretty good ancient porcelains, it was too colorless compared to those I saw before, so Li Yi was not prepared to put them in the catalog of the first negotiations.

After a small turn, Li Yi came to the back of the booth. Compared to the one I just finished reading, the antiques here are not only a small number, but also not as numerous as the categories, but there are still many fine products.

The first thing that caught Li Yi's attention was a milky yellow ornamental bottle. The height of this bottle was more than 40 cm, but the diameter was only about 10 cm. It was placed next to several porcelains of different colors and shapes, and it looked particularly conspicuous.

"Daiyu burys the flowers, Qingwen tear the fan... Is this the story bottle of the character "Dream of Red Mansions"?"

This ivory-carved story bottle is flat and round, consisting of three separate parts: a bottle cap, a bottle body and a bottle mount. The cap button is a lion's rolling hydrangea ball, the lion's eyes are wide open, the mouth is slightly opened and a long belt is held, and the hydrangea ball under the left front foot is completely hollowed out. On the bottleneck, there are also four animal heads and ears, each animal head is held by a ring, and the ring can move.

The belly of the bottle is made of relief and openwork techniques to carve out the stories of the characters of "Dream of Red Mansions" composed of more than 50 people, including "Begonia Poetry Club", "Daiyu Burial Flowers", "Qingwen Tearing Fans", "Steping on the Snow and Looking for Plums". What Li Yi cares most about is that the more than 50 women carved not only have their own characteristics in their clothes, but also have no similar movements and expressions. The details are exquisite, and even the patterns on the hair bun are meticulously portrayed!

"Awesome, really awesome!"

In Li Yi's opinion, this ivory carving is excellent in both shape, design and carving techniques. What is particularly rare is that its style is gorgeous but not out of the ordinary, its strange skills are lewd and simple and generous. You can always see the sculptor's unique knife skills in the fine carvings. Its level is even higher than that of the maker of the ivory carving ball he bought before, Chen Zuzhang, a famous ivory carving master in the early Qing Dynasty!

However, the most precious thing about the ivory carved ball is not the ball itself. Therefore, although this piece must definitely win steadily in terms of shape and intention, the value of the two is incomparable.

"I got "Scream" because of the ivory carving balls. Because I wanted to exchange "Scream" and found another ivory carving masterpiece that is more advanced than the ivory carving balls. It's really interesting..."

After carefully playing with it, Li Yi put the ivory carving bottle back to its original place, then his eyes flashed and he picked up a statue of the white porcelain Guanyin sitting next to him.

This is also a sculpture, because it is porcelain, so it is called porcelain sculpture.

This kind of sculpture not only needs to be molded, inlaid, as well as normal sculpture forming processes such as hand-engraved, pinched, stacked, and carved, but also needs to be burned through high temperatures. Therefore, drying and scaling must be considered during production, so the yield rate is often not very high, and the fine products are even rarer.

In the history of Chinese porcelain, porcelain plastic products are most famous for the Dehua kiln in the Ming Dynasty. Because Dehua kilns are all white porcelain, the word "Huaxia Bai" has become a synonym for Dehua white porcelain in the history of world ceramics.

According to records, the Dehua kiln in the Ming Dynasty was not only famous for its "ivory white" porcelain, but also had a rich variety of white porcelain. Those that can be passed down to this day are rare treasures.

The statue of Guanyin sitting in Li Yi's hand is not only white in body, solid and dense, but its body glaze gives people a perfect feeling like the texture of jade. What is particularly precious is that it is also a work by He Chaozong.

He Chaozong was a representative figure of Dehua kiln porcelain sculptures in the Ming Dynasty, and was especially good at making Buddha statues. According to historical records, his porcelain sculpture works were regarded as "a unique treasure in the world" as early as the 16th century, and people "did not hesitate to buy them for thousands of dollars."

Especially the white porcelain Guanyin, which has different shapes in his sculptures, shows its quiet and beautiful charm with the delicate texture and unique ivory white of Dehua porcelain. It is simple and elegant, with smooth clothes, vivid expressions, and realistic images. It is regarded as a treasure of divine objects in Buddhist countries in Japan and Southeast Asia, and in the eyes of Western Europeans, it is regarded as a "boutique of oriental art."

To this day, there are no more than ten porcelain works that can be circulated in the world that can be proved to be made by He Chaozong himself, and the number in China is less than half, and they are basically collected in museums. Therefore, although white porcelain works with the "He Chaozong" symbol appear at auctions, it can be seen from the transaction price that even if you buy them, you don't think this will be the real work of He Chaozong.

Li Yi estimated that the real white porcelain statue of Guanyin made by He Chaozong is probably worth a sky-high price, and it should not be less than 50 million soft sister coins!

After exhaling a long breath of turbid air, Li Yi accelerated the speed. After more than half an hour, after reading all the collections, he picked out a silk sunflower butterfly ball fan. This round fan is also a rare and precious collection.

The round fan is a thin oval shape, with a length of about 20 cm in size and a horizontal edge of only about 10 cm. One side is a picture of sunflower butterfly, and the other side is a poem written on the golden book.

"The white dew has just passed and urges August, and the purple house and red leaves are desolate. The yellow flowers are cold and no one can see them, and they fall in love with the sunset alone."

The end of the poem is stamped with the seal of "Emperor Sister's Book", and there is also a postscript by Feng Zizhen called "The Sunflower Fan Inscribed by Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty Deshou Palace".

Emperor Gaozong of Song was Zhao Gou, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. Like Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, who was plundered by the Jin Dynasty, this guy's artistic achievements were far higher than his level of being an emperor. However, he is widely known because of the execution of the famous anti-Jin general and national hero Yue Fei. This is a great regret. (To be continued.)
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