Chapter 799 Argument
After speaking, he looked at Goro Sakamoto meaningfully: "Since Mr. Sakamoto takes protecting the heritage of human civilization as his own responsibility, he must be very clear that the definition of cultural relics refers to things left by past generations. , things with historical, artistic, and scientific value are the legacy of a specific civilization.”
“So if a cultural relic leaves its specific civilization. The scenery will inevitably lead to the loss of its civilizational value to a greater or lesser extent, right?"
"The Code of Hammurabi left the Two Rivers, the pyramids left Egypt, and the Dao Zang and murals left Dunhuang. I don't think so. Something worthy of praise."
"Yes." Sakamoto Goro said with a smile: "But what if the cultural relic was destroyed in the place where it was born?"
"Then increase publicity, work hard to popularize science, increase protective power, strengthen protective measures, formulate laws, and prohibit exit..." Zhou Zhi smiled: "Just like what our country is doing now."
" But what if those countries don’t do this?”
“Then teach them to do this,” Zhou Zhi said, “instead of using this as an excuse to take them away from their place of origin.”
I still want to talk to Goro Sakamoto, Zhou Zhi Then he said: "Otherwise, things should be done differently."
"If it is true, as Mr. Sakamoto said, that the purpose of collecting cultural relics is to better protect them, then shouldn't it be After these countries have developed enough capabilities, they return the local cultural relics they have collected to the local areas and give them a higher level of value? Just like Mr. Li Qiyan donated two copies of "Chunhua Pavilion Notes" to the country? ”
"Well..." Sakamoto suddenly became speechless. Zhou Zhi's question was too tricky.
If it should be said, then those Chinese cultural relics collected in the island country, such as those belonging to Eiichi Anzhai, should be returned to China according to Zhou Zhi's statement.
If it shouldn't be, then the fragment of Zen Master Kukai's "Mahivi Sutra" still displayed in this showroom can be snatched by anyone, and the one with the highest price gets it?
"Hahahaha..." Li Jianchen saw that the scene was frozen, and couldn't help but waved his hand: "People, don't take yourself too seriously. For example, I am just a businessman and antique dealer. The purpose of these is to maintain and increase the value of your assets. Of course, it is also a hobby. "It's very satisfying to take care of both."
"As for the feelings of family and country and the protection of world civilization heritage, the topic is too big and my level is not up to it," Li Jianchen said with a smile. : "Anyone who can stand here must know the meaning of 'within one's ability'."
"We also quite agree with Mr. Li's statement." Hou Zhongjin said: "Mr. An predicts that Oriental art works, especially Chinese art, will enter a century of value growth and a huge value depression."
“Since the year before last, major auction companies have begun to The auctions that launched the theme of Chinese art have also achieved great response. Last year, two Qianlong dynasty heart-turning vases were sold, one for 200,000 pounds and the other for 800,000 US dollars. Creating a record for Qianlong porcelain also illustrates the signs of this market."
"Most. There are many collectors near Hong Kong Island who are interested in transferring their collections, which has also attracted our attention." Hou Zhongjin was more practical: "Mr. Li donated two copies of "Chunhua Pavilion" to China out of patriotic sentiments, which reflects the psychology of ordinary people. Starting out, I appreciate his behavior; but from the perspective of an antique dealer, it is not I regret that I lost this opportunity.”
Everyone laughed. After China formulated the laws and regulations on the protection of cultural relics, there are many fewer loopholes for everyone to take advantage of, although there are still cultural relics in these years. outflow, but in terms of level, importance, and quantity, they all dropped significantly.
This has also objectively contributed to the soaring price of oriental cultural relics in the international market. It can be said that everyone here is the beneficiary of China's cultural relics protection policy. They are all Chinese cultural relics experts, collectors and dealers. They have not studied China's cultural relics protection policies. That is impossible. Therefore, Sakamoto Goro was just looking for trouble.
Everyone is looking for money when they go out, so why are they pretending to be a big-tailed wolf? Therefore, this foreigner is more honest and more likable than Goro Sakamoto.
As for Zhou Zhi who left Sakamoto Goro speechless, Li Jianchen patted his shoulder lightly to express his appreciation: "Young people are better than us old bones."
About The dispute over the loss of cultural relics abroad has come to an end. Lin Wanqiu said: "Today I would like to invite all of you to Come home, I actually have one more thing to ask for, which is this Xuande-style large jar with Kui dragon pattern. Do you want it to be put up for auction? "
The purpose of putting it up for auction is to let everyone identify it. Is the Xuande inscription on the big jar a sustenance payment or a payment from this dynasty? Are the items genuine from Xuande official kilns or imitations from later dynasties?
These people were discussing this before Zhou Zhi arrived. Zhang Zongxian first expressed his position: "My niece took this thing away from me back then. The reason why I took action is very simple. I just can't understand the Kui dragon pattern, so I decided not to use it for future generations." Imitation, given to the virtuous niece."< br>
“The reason why I want it is also simple. First of all, the blue and white jar body conforms to the modeling characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The blue and white hair color is rich and bright, the su material is obvious, and the carcass is firm and white.” Lin Wanqiu said: "Even if it's not something from the early Ming Dynasty, it's definitely It’s from the Ming Dynasty. The price Uncle Zhang gave me was equivalent to giving it away.” Willing to communicate and discuss content directly related to cultural relic appreciation: "I I think this piece of porcelain is real."
"Oh?" Li Jianchen asked: "What is the basis for it?"
"The artwork itself. Able to convey feelings to people.”
"This piece of porcelain is thickly mixed and beautifully painted. The body is as Wanqiu said. Both the clay formula and the firing process have the typical characteristics of the Ming Dynasty; the blue and white materials are not only Su materials, but also the top Su materials. , the hair color is blue with purple, the concentrated areas are close to the spots and they form into patches, the contrast between shades is extremely obvious, and the halo is serious. ”
"The latter are originally the biggest flaws in Su materials, but with the ingenuity of the craftsmen, they used Kuilong patterns to express them."
"Compared with the common dragon patterns in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Kuilong has the largest The only difference is that there is no need to depict the dragon scales, and the shades of Su material are used to express the muscular features of the Kui dragon."
" Therefore, I think this is the ingenuity of a top craftsman," said Eiichi Anzhai: "It is an artifact that can only be made by a master. Compared with the Yuan Dynasty blue and white dragon pattern jar collected in the National Museum of China, the artistic achievement is like meticulous painting. Different from freehand paintings, I personally think that the artistic achievement of this Kuilong blue and white painting is higher."
Zhou. When he noticed the jar that Anzhai used for comparison, he asked humbly: "Mr. Anzhai, what you just used to compare with this dragon-patterned jar is the Yuan Dynasty blue and white dragon-patterned jar in the National Museum. I remember that in the National Museum, There are also blue and white dragon-patterned jars from Chenghua and Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. Why don’t you use them for comparison? ”
(End of this chapter)