The photo shows a burly warrior with thick limbs and a round waist. His expression is very serious, and his glaring eyes and inverted eyebrows reveal a majestic aura.
The samurai wears a helmet, which is a helmet. There are two things that turn up like hat wings on both sides of the helmet, which are integrated with the helmet. This is called a "don", which mainly protects the neck.
The warrior wore armor with a pair of breastplates on each side of his chest. There is a shawl outside the armor, like a shawl. Holding a sword in both hands, with the blade pointed downward, it is inserted into a lotus flower. In addition, there is a dragon lying on the shoulders of the warrior, with a pearl in its mouth, and a sika deer stepping on the warrior's feet.
The entire relief is exquisitely carved, and the patterns on the warrior's armor and helmet, as well as the scales on the dragon's body, are all carved like real ones.
This is a white marble carving. The whole body is carved from extremely high-quality white marble and has also undergone a special coloring process.
Ancient stone carvings are generally not colored, or even if they are colored, they are easily peeled off due to age erosion, such as the famous Six Horses of Zhaoling and many grotto statues.
This deep relief sculpture of a warrior is painted in various colors according to the needs of the clothing. The most common is dazzling red, and others include black, brown, blue, etc. The helmet, goggles and certain parts were also coated with gold powder, indicating that the warrior was wearing golden armor.
Judging from the clothing and facial features of this warrior, they all reflect the style and appearance of the people of the Tang Dynasty. The image is plump and the shape is mighty.
Just by looking at the photo, you can tell that this is an extremely rare and typical work of art in the Five Dynasties period's sculpture style. In terms of status, just based on the deep relief craftsmanship of colored marble, it is almost considered an orphan. Those that fill the gaps in archaeological history should be classified as Class A cultural relics.
Grade 1A is the highest level of cultural relic. If everyone understands it, it is a "priceless treasure".
"After the tomb was stolen, the police immediately organized an investigation. During the subsequent rescue excavation, archaeologists cleaned and excavated the king's tomb and unearthed only the remaining six zodiac signs and two serving and scattered pieces. Reliefs and a few small cultural relics”
"Now this batch of cultural relics has arrived on Hong Kong Island?"
"Thanks to Ms. Wanqiu's timely discovery." Liang Pingyi glanced at Lin Wanqiu: "This batch of cultural relics came to Hong Kong half a month ago. The island was first sought under the banner of Hanhai to prepare for auction. The collector claimed that It was passed down from ancestors and has been collected for thirty years, but Ms. Wanqiu noticed the clues."
"It's also because these cultural relics are colorful," Lin Wanqiu said, "The red color on the bottom of the stone statue. The moisture on the ground and the salt in the soil form soil flowers, which are broken flowers. "Bloom."
After that, he said to Zhou Zhi: "Didn't the case of fake Five Dynasty tomb figurines in the capital a few years ago also be discovered by you through fake earthen flowers? The method was specially discussed, remember? ”
"Yes." Zhou Zhi nodded: "At that time, Mr. Wang gave us a lesson, specifically about the formation of native flowers."
Lin Wanqiu nodded: "If it is an artifact that has been preserved for a long time after being unearthed, native flowers It will become powdered due to water loss and other reasons, and eventually disappear and become Tuqin. If this warrior relief statue has been collected for thirty years as the collector said, then there should not be Tuqin flowers at the bottom, but Tuqin. Yes.”
< br>"But this native flower is still quite 'fresh', which is enough to prove that it was unearthed not long ago!" Zhou Zhi made a study and judgment on the special color of the red color on the bottom of the warrior statue in the photo, and couldn't help but feel a little lucky: "Fortunately, it has this Zhu Cai, if it were pure white marble, the accumulation of soil flowers would not be so obvious." He raised his head and asked Liang Pingyi: "Is it under control?" "I can't control it." Liang Pingyi sighed.
"Why?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be surprised.
“Although we took out the six zodiac signs and two serving and singing reliefs found during the rescue excavation, hoping to prove the relationship between the stolen cultural relics and Wang Chuzhi’s tomb, but once It takes time to determine the details. Secondly, the buyer pointed out that the style of the zodiac, service, or casual relief is completely different from the style of the military commander relief. And although the relief fragments we found were colorful, the color became dizzy due to being soaked in stagnant water, which was different from the bright color of the warrior statue. For these reasons, our proposed seizure measure was rejected.”
< br>"In other words, this warrior statue is still in the hands of thieves?" Zhou Zhi's brows suddenly frowned.
"You can't call them thieves, they are our peers." Lin Wanqiu said: "He is also somewhat famous in the international ancient art market, but he also has a small reputation in the industry because his hands and feet are not clean. Xin Baozhai's Lu Lirong, have you ever heard of this person?"
Zhou Zhi shook his head: "There are too many antique collectors and brokers in Hong Kong..."
"I will transfer his information to you in a moment." Lin Wanqiu said: "As a colleague on the island, there is only so much I can do, otherwise I will be targeted by others collectively. The rest is up to you."
< br>After speaking, he looked at his watch: "According to the information I got, Lu Lirong already knows that we are applying for legal preservation measures for his shipment, so he is urgently contacting Christie's Auction House in the United States to prepare to send the artwork to the auction. , changing hands through auction. "
"How can this be done?" Zhou Zhi said anxiously: "Mr. Li has been talking about everything in Hong Kong, but he can't interfere in this matter?"
"I'm still sitting here. , it’s already an intervention!” Lin Wanqiu Said: "Hong Kong Island is a place where the rule of law is enforced, and you can't just mess around!"
"Then what should we do now?" Zhou Zhi asked: "Why do you call me here to enforce the rule of law? I'm not a lawyer! ”
"You are not a lawyer, but you can provide background knowledge and relevant details to the lawyer, and you are proficient in English and Cantonese, so there are no communication barriers." Lin Wanqiu said.
Seeing that the words between the siblings started to get heated, Liang Pingyi quickly interrupted and said to Zhou Zhi: "Since the Hong Kong Island side said that our evidence is incomplete, then we will start in several places and prepare relevant evidence. Hong Kong Island requires us to provide case filing reports, case briefings and other information, and some of them specify that they need to be in English. This will trouble you.”
“In addition, the country is also urgently investigating, and we are striving to solve the problem as soon as possible. The criminal chain was completed, and the criminals were finally brought to justice."
"The third and most critical thing is to find out the relationship between the warrior relief statue and Wang Chuzhi's tomb, and confirm that it is the one who was murdered. Stolen from Wang Chuzhi’s tomb!”
“Since the relief is still on Hong Kong Island, can we go and take a look?” Zhou Zhi asked: “I’m afraid I can’t capture many details just by looking at the photos. …”
"I'm not an idiot." Lin Wanqiu sighed and said quietly: "Now that I know you are plotting against him, why don't you hide the things quickly? Now these photos were sent by him when he was ready to be photographed. I used the excuse that I needed to I made an auction album and had it photographed, young master, just let it go." (End of this chapter)