Chapter 903 Silverware that is no worse than goldware
People rely on clothing, and Buddha relies on gold clothing, which is fully reflected in the Golden Buddha of the Golden Buddha Temple.
When he was still a clay Buddha, he could only gather ashes in the lumber factory. Once he got the golden Buddha, his value doubled, and he was placed in the most conspicuous position of the Golden Buddha Temple, enjoying everyone's kneeling and worshiping.
The clay Buddha in front of Chen Wenzhe should have the same fate as the golden Buddha in the Golden Buddha Temple.
However, its fate was even more bumpy. After being wrapped in mud tires, it was never discovered.
It must have been discovered later, but the person who discovered it was a little devil, so it was transported here quietly.
But by that time, fate had not let it go, so it stayed in the cave in darkness for sixty or seventy years.
As the traceback ended, Chen Wenzhe determined that this was a golden Buddha, and it was pure gold, not a fake with only 40% gold content!
If it is born, the golden Buddha in the Elephant Kingdom will not be called the largest pure gold Buddha statue in the world, right?
"This golden Buddha alone weighs more than ten tons!"
After seeing the casting process clearly, Chen Wenzhe was very satisfied.
Although it was cast in sections, most of this golden Buddha was made of gold with a purity of 99%.
Within its body, only a very small part is made of gold-copper alloy, and this part only exists as a skeleton.
Also, compared to the Buddha statue at the Golden Buddha Temple, which had thin arms and legs, this one has a very plump figure.
It is also because of this that although the size of this golden Buddha is not larger than that one, it is much heavier. This is why ten tons of gold were consumed.
But, how can such a golden Buddha be transported away?
Chen Wenzhe's brain was running at high speed. How did those little devils get here?
Looking at the fallen mud tire, it was protected by these mud tires. I hope the golden tire inside was not injured!
No matter how the little devil was transported, he must be transported away.
To transport it away, the only way is to use a crane.
There is a crane on the fishing boat outside, but its power is a bit small!
If we want to find a way to get rid of this giant Buddha, we must update the equipment on the fishing boat.
However, he can’t just change the equipment for no reason, right?
It seems that he still needs to use the fishing boat, and it is best to create some tricks to let the South Vietnamese know that he needs a more powerful crane.
In a short while, the cultural relics in the cave will definitely not be transported away, so there is no rush for these things.
Chen Wenzhe slowly exited the last passage. There was no time to organize the cultural relics inside, no matter how big or small they were.
After that, we must find a safe way to transport it to the country.
However, he should have caught all the treasures here this time, right?
"There are also jade clothes with golden threads!"
Compared with a giant Buddha made of gold, what Chen Wenzhe was most interested in was the gold jade clothes, so he quickly returned to the cave where the gold items were placed.
Some of the pictures he saw told him that the passage here was even more complicated. If there were bronze vessels and jade clothes with gold threads hidden, they must be hidden here.
After a while, no clues could be found, so Chen Wenzhe started cleaning up the gold objects again.
Clean out all these gold vessels, and then the passage hiding the bronze vessels and jade garments with gold threads will naturally be exposed.
Thinking of a cave that might be hidden, Chen Wenzhe became excited again.
Just take your time. Anyway, this time he hunted for treasure and achieved financial freedom.
He found so much gold before and exchanged it for more than 1.8 billion in cash, but he didn't expect that it was not enough.
This time it’s fine, but the least valuable and least collectible gold bricks were found, and more than a hundred tons were found. With so much money, it will be enough for whatever you want to do in the future, right?
What's more, he will gain a lot.
Even if you don’t go out to salvage sunken ships, you may still gain a lot if you just go to Burma, Laos and other small countries!
When he came to the cave where the gold vessels were stored, Chen Wenzhe made a thought and set up key search terms inside the Sui Marquis Pearl.
When cleaning these gold and silverware in the future, you must start backtracking at the same time. However, Chen Wenzhe will not read these memories. He only needs to set the search keywords to prompt him with some useful information.
The most important one is of course the gold-lined jade garment, followed by bronze vessels, such as bronze tripods, bronze statues, etc.
Chen Wenzhe no longer cares about ordinary gold utensils, because this time he came here and found too much gold or gold utensils.
Therefore, when he saw the plates and bowls in front of him, he didn't pay much attention to them.
These golden bowls can also be considered golden containers, right? Logically speaking, they are also considered precious.
"Just clean up from here!"
When we come to the entrance of the gold cave again, the most abundant things here are gold bowls and plates.
Start cleaning from here, and eventually everything will be cleared out.
However, as soon as he picked up a plate, he suffered from an occupational disease.
Looking at the gilt and engraved plate in his hand, Chen Wenzhe still felt surprised.
This craftsmanship doesn't look like it came from the Han Dynasty, but rather from the Qin Dynasty. So, is it possible that the plate in his hand is from the Qin Dynasty?
Chen Wenzhe was a little funny. Just now he was thinking of sorting it out quickly, but he didn't expect that he picked up a silver plate and it turned out to be a good thing.
Compared with foreign golden Buddhas, Chen Wenzhe prefers domestic antiques.
Even if it is a silver plate, he is very rare!
Such a plate was considered an antique during the Han Dynasty!
Looking at the silver plate in his hand, to be precise, it is a gilt and engraved silver plate.
Gold and silverware of the Qin Dynasty are extremely rare so far. However, a gilt and engraved silver plate made by Qin Shihuang in the 33rd year of the Qin Dynasty was discovered in China among the burial objects of Liu Xiang, King of Qi in the Western Han Dynasty, in Wotuo Village, Zicheng, Qilu.
The silver plate was also very finely made and decorated with exquisite detail.
This method of gilding the pattern of silverware became very popular after the Tang Dynasty, but it was rare in previous eras.
Gold flower silver plate is a very distinctive main variety among the gold and silverware of the Tang Dynasty.
To be serious, silverware was very rare in the Qin Dynasty.
Because at that time, there were not many people using silver to make utensils, and it was not popular.
Modern people all know that goldware is more valuable and precious than silverware.
However, few people know that domestic silverware appeared later than gold.
It was not until the Han Dynasty that the scope of use of silverware expanded, and many containers appeared at that time.
At that time, there were already many containers made of silver, such as what Chen Wenzhe discovered in front of him, such as silver rings, silver plates, silver bowls, etc.
These silver artifacts have been discovered before.
In addition to the above-mentioned silverware, Chen Wenzhe also found a lot of silverware here, such as small clothing and royal utensils such as silver belt hooks, silver rings, silver necklaces, silver shop heads, silver chariots and horse gear, etc., in greater quantities.
Needless to say, these things were also treasures during the Western Han Dynasty, treasures no worse than gold vessels!