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Chapter 666: Another Buddha Relic
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After taking a look at Van Gaal who looked proud, Liu Dong said directly: "I wonder if I am lucky enough to buy them?"
"Buy?" There was a hint of astonishment on Van Gaal's face.n∈
"Yes, I think the price can satisfy Mr. Lord!" Liu Dong continued.
It’s no wonder that Liu Dong is anxious, because he has tens of thousands of Chinese antiques in his hands, but less than a hundred high-quality foreign antiques. There is too much imbalance between the two, so when it is close to 20
When the famous artist's handiwork was placed in front of him, Liu Dong was unwilling to let it go!
"I'm sorry, Mr. Liu, these oil paintings are the most precious collection of the Van Gaal family. I have no intention of selling them!" After shaking his head and refusing, seeing the frozen look on Liu Dong's face, Van Gaal quickly said, "Of course, Mr. Liu
Don’t be disappointed, I believe you will get a satisfactory harvest here today!”
"That's my honor!" Liu Dong said with a sigh of relief.
Although Liu Dong felt regretful that he could not obtain these famous handicrafts, if there are more antiques waiting for him later, it would be enough to look forward to!
"Please, both of you!"
Van Gaal could now see that, except for old Ace as the broker, the youngest of the three was Chinese, so when he spoke, Van Gaal unconsciously looked at him.
Foreigners don't have as many greetings as in China. After seeing Liu Dong nod, he led him towards the left side of the living room, which is where the stairs go upstairs. But it is also the passage to the basement. But this basement is not ordinary at all.
Basement feel.
In addition to marble floor tiles, both sides of the 30-meter-long corridor are all solid wood-clad walls, and the ceiling is also a solid wood ceiling. Bright lights shine on the dark solid wood wall panels, coupled with the surrounding oil paintings, it gives an ancient and traditional feel.
The elegant atmosphere surrounded several people, and the same kind of heritage left by the passage of time made those who like antiques particularly enjoy it.
Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of Liu Dong and others, Fan Gaal showed a hint of pride.
Although nobility is no longer respected in the Netherlands, Van Gaal is still proud of his family.
Looking at this middle-aged Dutchman who always held his head high, Liu Dong couldn't help but shake his head. He had long heard about the rigidity of the old European aristocrats, but when he actually saw it, he was really curious and a little bit disgusted.
But these were not important. When Liu Dong walked to the end of the corridor and stood in front of a thick oak door that was three meters wide and 2.5 meters high, the relics in the mustard space suddenly started to tremble.
"Huh?"
"What's the matter, Mr. Liu?"
Looking at the surprised expressions of Van Gaal, Old Ace and Fang Zhonghua next to him, Liu Dong quickly said: "Oh. I'm just curious, this seems to be a password door?"
"Yes. This is the place that the Van Gaal family attaches most importance to. In order to protect this collection, the Van Gaal family has installed three coded doors here over the years. Now it is just the outermost one!" Van Gaal explained.
Watching Fan Gaal enter the password skillfully, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief, but then he noticed the violently beating relics in the mustard space. Liu Dong frowned secretly and became curious in his heart.
"Could it be that there are still Buddha relics in this treasure house?"
With this kind of curiosity and expectation, Liu Dong and the others followed Van Gaal through the first thick oak door and two alloy steel password doors, and finally arrived at the collection warehouse where the Van Gaal family has accumulated more than three hundred years of collection.
To be honest, Liu Dong has seen more than one treasure, including the largest Japanese army treasure and the temperature-resistant treasure obtained in Myanmar, but together they are not as numerous as the Van Gaal family's treasure house.
's collection.
In a space that is 50 meters wide, nearly 120 meters deep, and about 5 meters high, there are densely packed display shelves. It feels like a library, but the display shelves in the library are filled with books, while here it is complicated and diverse.
There are so many antiques, especially porcelain, here. Liu Dong estimates there are at least tens of thousands of them!
"Xiao...Xiaodong, this is really unbelievable!" Fang Zhonghua said dumbfounded.
Liu Dong nodded in surprise as well. This was the first time he had seen a collection room of this size. I am afraid that if all his collections were added together, even if they were doubled, they would not be as large as here.
Seeing this, Liu Dongna could not hold back, "Mr. Van Gaal, can I take a look?"
"Of course!" Van Gaal nodded.
Soon Fang Zhonghua also asked the same question. Seeing a collection of this size, a person who likes antiques couldn't help it.
Of course, Fang Zhonghua also received permission. Anyway, given the security conditions here, Van Gaal is not worried about them stealing and collecting.
Throughout the underground collection, the display racks are arranged horizontally. Although they are not solid steel display racks, the teak material is strong enough, and after Liu Dong came in, he clearly felt that the temperature and humidity here were maintained at a certain level.
, and there is no dust on the antiques on the display rack. It is obvious that the Van Gaal family is very careful about the protection of these antiques.
"Is this a blue and white dragon-patterned plum vase from the Qianlong official kiln in the Qing Dynasty?" Liu Donggang picked up a 35-centimeter-high plum vase and admired it with great joy. Only then did he realize that it was 5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 4 meters high.
The display racks are all filled with official kiln wares from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, totaling more than 100 pieces.
"This is the Qianlong official kiln of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty!" Liu Dong almost groaned in his heart.
Normally, this kind of rare porcelain from the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty is rare in China, but usually it is really rare except at auctions, but now it appears in batches here!
Of course, Liu Dong was surprised by more than that. Under these porcelain display racks, there were wooden boxes that had not been opened, but they were also porcelain. Liu Dong took a look at the relics and found out that most of them were Daoguang.
Xianfeng and Guangxu official kiln wares were not put on display racks because of the large number. Judging from the seals on the wooden boxes that have been intact for a long time, and the natural aging of the paper, I am afraid that these porcelains have been on display since they were purchased.
it's here.
Also, if we really take out these porcelains, I'm afraid this collection won't be able to accommodate them.
"Rouge red enamel flower bowl from the Kangxi imperial kiln in the Qing Dynasty!"
"The five-color Twelve-Flower Divine Cup of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty is actually a complete set!!"
"Jiajing colorful fish pattern algae lid jar from Ming Dynasty!"
"Ming Dynasty Xuande snowflake blue glaze engraved dragon pattern large plate!"
"Ming Dynasty Chenghua blue and white broken branch flower wine cup!"
“A large plate with ridges and white flowers on a blue ground from the Yuan Dynasty!”
"Yuan blue and white pine, bamboo and plum pattern cup!"
"This is a square cup from the Ge kiln of the Song Dynasty! A white porcelain child's pillow from the Ding kiln of the Song Dynasty! ... and a rose purple three-legged narcissus box from the Jun kiln of the Song Dynasty!!"
The more he looks back, the less calm Liu Dong becomes. He has no choice but to display thousands of pieces of official kilns from the third and third dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, more than 300 pieces from the official kilns of the Ming Dynasty, more than 50 pieces including Yuan blue and white, egg white glaze, and 3 pieces of precious porcelain from the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty. No one who likes porcelain will remain calm when in front of it.
After a long time, Liu Dong came back to his senses and looked at Fang Zhonghua who was still stunned not far away. He couldn't help but shook his head with a sigh. The porcelain in this collection is so rich!
In addition to the ones he just focused on, there are other porcelains from the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties such as Guangcai porcelain, fine folk kilns of the Ming Dynasty, Longquan kiln, Cizhou kiln, Yaozhou kiln and other kilns, as well as a small number of white porcelain from the Xing kiln of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Sancai, etc., how big are they? Thousands of pieces.
After seeing them, Liu Dong realized that the collection he had been proud of was nothing compared to the collection of the Van Gaal family.
"But to be able to place these precious Chinese porcelains here, I'm afraid there must have been some clever plundering back then!" Liu Dong absolutely believed that many of these porcelains were precious cultural relics lost from the Old Summer Palace and even the Forbidden City.
Of course, these have become unchangeable history. Liu Dong gave up after just thinking about it. Now he is thinking more about how to buy these porcelains back.
It's unrealistic to buy them all back. Firstly, he doesn't have enough money, and secondly, Van Gaal may not be able to sell!
"It seems that we really have to make a good selection this time!" Liu Dong thought as he looked at the calligraphy and paintings rolled together on the display rack next to him, as well as the ancient books that clearly belonged to China, as well as the jades, bronzes, Buddha statues, etc. not far away. For the first time, I regretted why I didn’t leave more euros in the first place!
After shaking his head secretly, Liu Dong followed the beating of the relics and came to a display rack against the wall, and then found a gilt-bronze eleven-faced Guanyin statue from the second floor that was nearly 50 centimeters high!
The Eleven-faced Avalokitesvara is one of the six Avalokitesvara. It mainly relieves the Asuras, provides all living beings with the benefits of eliminating diseases, extinguishing sins, and increasing blessings. In short, it is a Bodhisattva who eliminates evil, guides good, and leads all living beings into the Buddha's path.
One of the Buddha statues of Tibetan Buddhism!
Because of the eye-catching lessons he learned during the last Buddha's Light Festival in Myanmar, this time Liu Dong suppressed the urge to leave the relic and used the automatic pickup function of the mustard space to receive the three-fold treasure letter hidden in the eleven-sided Guanyin. Space, before Liu Dong could open the outermost gold treasure letter with hairpins, the second layer eight silver treasure letters engraved with dragons, and the innermost ivory treasure letter, a knuckle-sized gray-white jade letter The relic has appeared in the sky above the relic in the Mustard Seed Space.
'Looking' at the two brightly shining Buddha relics, Liu Dong clearly felt that the mustard space that had been motionless before was rapidly expanding around him.
While the Mustard Seed Space was expanding, Liu Dong almost subconsciously started to operate his Huanxi Zen Technique. Perhaps it was because of the same Buddhist and Taoist techniques. Every time Liu Dong's relic Yuan Guang progressed, it would lead to a breakthrough in the Huanxi Zen Technique. This time is no exception, but perhaps because Liu Dong's foundation has been laid solid enough, this time he did not stay in meditation for three days like last time in Myanmar.
About twenty minutes later, the mustard space had stabilized again.
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