Yayoi Takahashi is the director of the Japanese Mino Ancient Pottery Museum. This is a private museum based on a large consortium. The reason why it was not built in a prosperous city is because Mino has a very special status in the history of Japanese pottery making.

As an expert in ceramic culture, Takahashi was most fascinated by Shino pottery in the Momoyama era. He believed that Shino pottery in that era was an irreplaceable peak in the Japanese pottery industry.

However, because "Aiyao soil" is difficult to find, the output of Shino pottery in the Taoshan Times was not large, and in addition, the frequent wars later, very few of them could be passed down. As a professional museum built in the Mino area, the small number of Shino pottery in the Taoshan Times has always been a great regret for him.

It was not the first time Takahashi came to London, nor was it the first time to visit the Port Baylor Road Market. But he didn't expect to encounter any Japanese cultural relics here, especially a treasure that looked like the Eshino tea bowl from the Momoyama era. Therefore, when he saw the thing Li Yi was holding, he didn't care about being rude and quickly called him.

"You mean you want to see this tea bowl?"

Li Yi probably knew about the status of Eshino in the Momoyama era in Japanese pottery collection, but he was not very clear about the real market conditions. Now he was just sleepy and someone gave him a pillow. Since this old man was so excited, he should be able to tell him something.

So after confirming the other party's true intention, he didn't care about the rules of his hand and handed the tea bowl directly to Takahashi's hand.

"This is a fine product of the Momoyama Times Essay. Although it is incomplete, it cannot cover up its thrilling beauty! Sir, my name is Yayoi Takahashi. I am the director of the Mino Ancient Ceramic Museum in Japan. I solemnly ask you here and hope that you can donate this pottery to my museum!"

Li Yi first heard Takahashi say that this tea bowl was so beautiful that it was a little dissatisfied. However, he didn't want to say much. But he didn't expect that without saying a few words in total, this guy asked him to donate so openly. This time, he was really uncomfortable.

"Sorry, I don't mean to change this thing! And I am a Chinese and I don't have the hobby of donating my own things to the Japanese!"

He glanced coldly at the Japanese who was still bowing and refused directly.

"Sorry, sir, I think I probably didn't make it clear. Our museum has regulations that every donor will be given some financial compensation. If you choose to donate, I can also help you apply for this fund."

"Oh? Is there any compensation? How many?"

Li Yi's museum is about to open, and he will definitely encounter this problem in the future. Therefore, he wants to hear what the policy is for this museum. In addition, from the amount of compensation, he should be able to judge what the value of Eshino in the Momoyama era is.

"Sir, the compensation system of our museum is relatively simple. No matter what cultural relics donated by the donor, each item is only 500,000 yen. In fact, for donors, it is really not appropriate to talk about money, but we must also express our feelings..."

In theory, Li Yi agrees with Takahashi's point of view. Since it is a donation, if you want to talk about money, it is better to pay for it directly. However, now that the hypothetical donor is replaced by him, this sounds a bit harsh.

Seeing Li Yi's face seemed a little unpleasant, Takahashi hurriedly said:

"Of course, for some special cultural relics, we will also have some special policies to adjust the compensation amount based on the specific value of the cultural relics. For this piece of Eshino, I think I should be able to help you get 10 million yen compensation!"

Li Yi raised his eyebrows. 10 million yen, which is almost more than 600,000 soft sister coins. For a piece of incomplete pottery, the amount is not low. Moreover, this is the price given by the museum compensation. If it is really taken to the auction, I don’t know how many times it will be redeemed!

Are all things in Japanese so expensive?

Li Yi remembered the previous "Imperial Imperial to Master Zhizheng Posthumous Title" and "Wu Lu", and couldn't help but touch his chin. He looked at Takahashi who was waiting for his answer with malicious intentions and shook his head.

"I'm sorry Mr. Takahashi, I don't think the amount is too low. It's just that my museum is about to open, and I myself need some foreign cultural relics to be exhibited..."

"Oh? Sir, do you also own a private museum?"

"Yes, my museum will open in February next year. If you have time, you can go and take a look. There should be a few things you may be interested in when I have it."

"Is that so regretful... No, I'm not talking about your museum..."

Li Yi didn't care and enthusiastically exchanged business cards with him. The purpose of his trip to Europe was not simply. He not only planned to promote himself, but also asked Luo Guofu to help him promote it. In this way, he could make his museum open up in the shortest time with famous paintings such as "Mona Lisa".

Saying goodbye to Takahashi, Li Yi then moved around in the street stall area. Soon, he saw another interesting thing, a pair of palace lanterns painted in mahogany glass.

Palace lanterns, as the name suggests, are lamps used by the emperor in the palace. Unlike the lanterns in the general sense, the orthodox palace lanterns are all octagonal, hexagonal, and four-angle shapes, and are mostly made of fine wood as the skeleton, inlaid with silk yarn or glass, and are painted with various patterns on the outside, which is more elegant and luxurious than the folk lanterns.

The pair of palace lanterns that Li Yi saw were a pair of relatively small palace lanterns, with a height of only more than 20 centimeters. He guessed that it might be something that was held in his hand to illuminate.

However, although the palace lanterns are small, they are very delicate in shape. The overall shape is hexagonal. The mahogany lamp stand is carved with "Shou" characters and back patterns, the glass is painted with flowers and bird patterns, the lamp is carved with hexagonal beast heads, and the enamel pieces are decorated with red ribbons. It is a fine look.

What's even more rare is that, including the lamp cap and lamp body, there are 24 pieces of painted glass in total, but none of them are rotten! Moreover, Li Yi looked at it twice in total, and the glasses seemed to be in original form, and there was no sign of being replaced!

Now it's amazing. Even if the pair of palace lanterns were passed down from the late Qing Dynasty and were not that long ago, they had never even broken a piece of glass when they came to Europe across the ocean. Then the owner of the previous owner was really caring too hard.

But since the custody is so dedicated, how could it be sold? And it is not at an auction or a big antique shop, but at a street stall that is not much better than a street stall!

Li Yi thought he might have misunderstood, but, like this, it is his strength that involves wood carvings and paintings, so how could he read it wrong? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!