MTL - Treasure Hunt America-Chapter 85 Famous family inheritance
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Read a lot about this Cass. Anosh's evaluation, Jin Muchen also has a conclusion about the painting that he has won.
These fifty pieces are really not in vain. The only regret is that the area of this painting is still a little small. It would be great if it could be bigger.
But soon he dismissed that absurd idea, after all, this is Cass. Anosh's words didn't come out very much, and being able to pick up a pair by himself is already considered a great luck, and greed is a bit too much.
Putting the oil painting aside, Jin Muchen brought the black lacquer-painted gold box on the other side and checked it carefully.
The Japanese style of this wooden box is very strong, and it is even strong enough to see that it is from Japan at a glance.
Although a lot of gold paint on the box has fallen off due to poor preservation, it can still be seen that the images of Japanese singers are painted on the gold.
Because Japanese paintings are influenced by Chinese images, especially the Tang Dynasty painting style, the image of the singer painted in gold on this box looks exaggerated.
The face shape is long and fat, except that the clothes on the body are kimonos, and the hairstyle looks Japanese. In other respects, it looks like the image of a lady in the Tang Dynasty in China.
The reason why Jin Muchen accepted this box at that time was because he was attracted by the strong white light flashing on the box. He knew that it must be a Japanese antique, but what era did it come from, and what was its origin? Still don't know for a while.
When I opened the box, there were several wooden wine racks that were put in there. It seemed that the stall owner was not lying. He did use this box as a wine box before.
Fortunately, he uses wooden wine racks, and they are all card bamboo shoots. The workmanship is relatively rough. It should be made by the stall owner himself, but this is also good, because such wine racks will not damage the box. the original situation.
The inside of the box looks neat and clean, but the outside doesn't look so good. The four corners may have some paint peeling due to handling.
Moreover, there are scratches on the front and rear walls outside the box, which should be accidentally made by the original owner.
Fortunately, only some skins were injured, and the damage to the body of the box was not very serious.
Jin Muchen carefully looked at the material of the box. It was a very common fir, not a precious wood, but it was strange. No matter how you looked at this box, it was a commodity. Why did it flash such a strong white light? ?
He carefully looked through the box several times, and finally found some clues in a corner on the right side of the lid.
There seemed to be some text on it. Jin Muchen immediately became interested, and immediately found a magnifying glass and began to watch it carefully.
But after reading it once, I couldn't help being a little disappointed, because the words on it were not records of the origin of this box, but more like the signatures of some characters.
Some of these signatures are in French, some in English, but more in English.
Jin Muchen put down the magnifying glass with fading interest, what the **** is this? What do you do with so many signatures on one box?
He came to the window, opened the window, and lit a cigarette for his own. At this time, the cold air outside the window poured in. Jin Muchen was shocked, and then the cigarette **** flew out, and he returned in a single step. to the box.
He opened the lid of the box again, and took a magnifying glass to examine the signatures carefully.
Because of the age and poor maintenance, the signatures are a little blurry, but it can still be seen that the people who signed the box cover at that time were very attentive, because they used cursive characters, and one Rows of signatures are neat.
He took out a pen and paper, and carefully copied and recorded the signatures. Although some of the signatures were blurred, the letters could still be guessed based on the font.
After he recorded all the names, he went to the computer, and then opened Google and entered all the names one by one.
The first signature was in French, Cardinal Jules Mazarin. After clicking the mouse, the origin of the name popped up. Jin Muchen took a closer look and was taken aback by the origin of this guy.
Yule Mazarin, the prime minister and cardinal during the reign of King Louis XIV of France, what the hell, this is really a big deal!
Enter the second name below, William Beckford, and with a click of a mouse, an introduction to this guy pops up right away.
Sure enough, the background is also not small, of course, compared with the French slaughter in front, it is much weaker.
This William. Beckford was a rich boy in England in the 18th century. According to the positioning given to him by history, he was an extremely ordinary rich boy, a great man, a traveler, a bibliophile, a mansion builder and a debauchery.
But at the same time, he is also a famous British poet and novelist. This guy once spent three days and two nights writing a novel "Watik". Although it is not particularly famous, it also proves that this guy is not very famous. the same ability.
The next few names have also left their mark in history, but they are not particularly outstanding celebrities, they belong to the celebrities in the upper-class aristocratic circle of the United Kingdom.
Back then, the City of London were all well-rounded guys. After reading the introductions of those names, Jin Muchen already had a general judgment in his heart.
These names should be the people who have collected this box, and the reason why they will sign their names on the box is the same as Chinese collectors who like to leave their own seals on their collections. , which is a mark of inheritance and witness.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and even jumped up from the bed. He didn't care that the window was closed, so he twisted his waist and danced for a while.
"Ale, Ale..."
After finally stopping, Jin Muchen excitedly pulled down a red wine from the wine rack in the room, opened it and took a sip. It was enjoyable. It felt so refreshing.
This Washington is so right, I am going to make a big hair this time!
If this box is really collected by so many people, then this box is worth the old nose money.
He has also studied the habits of Westerners for collecting furniture before. Unlike Chinese people who pay attention to the material of furniture, Westerners prefer which kind of furniture has been used and collected by celebrities, and this black lacquer-painted gold box fits this feature very well.
The most important thing is that the people who have collected this box are not unknown people. Take the first one, Jules Mazarin, who was the prime minister during the reign of King Louis XIV of France. In Europe Great people who have left a splendid name in history.
The box he used was almost the same as the one used by the royal family, plus the William at the back. Beckford, as well as the signatures of other British aristocrats and celebrities, as long as this box is taken out and photographed, it will definitely be sought after by everyone.
So he added all these names together and entered it into Google, and sure enough, the background of this box came out after checking, Jin Muchen clapped his hands excitedly.
"I knew that the boxes used by so many celebrities must have historical records."
The origin of this box is really not simple. It turned out that this box was a treasure when it was in Japan. It was a box used by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation general of the Tokugawa shogunate, in his early years.
Tokugawa Iamitsu once liked this treasure very much. When Tokugawa Iamitsu came to power and started to take power, it happened that the Dutch had a very good relationship with missionary business in Japan, and Iamitsu had a very trusted Dutch consultant by his side.
Once at a family light banquet, he was coaxed by the Dutchman, so he gave the box to the Dutchman. Later, the box followed the Dutchman back to Europe, and then it fell to the special one for some unknown reason. Le Mazarin's hand.
So Yule Mazarin became the second official owner of the box in Europe.
After Mazarin's death, this box did not know what route it took, and it came to England by crossing the ocean, and it was successively captured by William. Beckford, and those London aristocrats and celebrities have collected it. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
The last record of the box is in a private museum in London.
The museum kept the box until 1910, but it was later stolen during a museum renovation.
According to records at the time, the box should have been stolen by a worker who was painting in the museum.
According to the museum's records, there were many other precious antiques lost along with the box at that time. According to the estimated market value at the time, the total value was 30,000 pounds.
You must know that the British pound was the current position of the US dollar in the world. At that time, the real value of 30,000 pounds should be similar to the current value of three million dollars.
And the only person who disappeared with the 30,000-pound antique was Matthew, a painter who was originally a painter in the museum. Later, the police were unable to find Matthew, and those antiques failed to solve the case.
The information about this antique box comes to an abrupt end here. The source of all the information comes from the historical records of the private museum in the United Kingdom.
Now, with these historical records, the origin of this box can be proved, which is equivalent to having an ID card.
And having such an ID card will undoubtedly double the value of this box.
In addition, this box was lost in 1900. It has been more than 100 years now. No matter according to the laws of any country in the world, the British museum has no right to pursue this box back, so I don’t have to worry about it at all. Pressure on the British side.
