Chapter 2220： Guardian beast

After a confrontation, Mikhail smiled helplessly and said:

"Steven, we have to discuss whether to include these two sculptures of Tang Dynasty guardian beasts in the transaction list. We can't decide now. We will talk about it tomorrow when we negotiate."

When the voice fell, Ye Tian immediately smiled and nodded and said:

"Okay, Mikhail, I look forward to hearing the good news. I hope that the results will be very happy. If you refuse my trading terms, that's okay. The business is not righteous. We are still friends."

Hearing this, many Russians on the scene rolled their eyes and complained to themselves.

Business is not righteous? Why don't you talk nonsense, when did you greedy **** talk about humanity?

Or friends? Who would dare to make friends like you like robbers, wishing to ransack our museum!

Just when these Russians were indignant and secretly complaining, David suddenly interrupted and said:

"Steven, let me introduce you to these two sculptures of guardian beasts from the Tang Dynasty. I have never seen this kind of peculiar sculpture. The sculptured animals are also very peculiar.

When I was in Beijing before, I saw the stone lion in front of your house and some stone beast sculptures in the Forbidden City. They all looked different from these two guardian beast sculptures."

Not only David, but Mikhail and other experts and scholars at the Hermitage Museum at the scene, everyone else could not understand the two clay sculptures, their meaning, or their value.

Hearing David's question, everyone at the scene immediately looked at Ye Tian, ​​looking forward to his answer.

Ye Tian turned his head to look at David, then glanced at everyone on the scene, then smiled and said:

"Okay, let me introduce you to these two clay sculptures from the Tang Dynasty in China. The animals carved by these two sculptures are named 狻猊. They are gods in Chinese myths and legends, and they don't exist in reality.

In ancient Chinese mythology, Suan is one of the nine sons born of dragons, some are said to be the fifth son, and some are said to be the eighth son. He looks like a lion, likes to smoke and sits well. The image appears on the incense burner and swallows Smoke and mist.

According to legend, the Buddha saw Susu very patiently, so he received it under his seat and used it as a mount. Because of this, many Buddha seats and the foot decorations on the incense burner, we can all see Susu this kind of beast. statue.

Let's talk about the image of Suan. It looks like a lion, but there is no small difference. You can see it very clearly from the two sculptures of Suan. They have a majestic face and a tiger standing on the pedestal. It looks like a lion. !

The neck is engraved with a spiral cone-shaped mane, like lion hair, the chest muscles are bulging, and the legs that stand apart are thick and strong, and the muscles and bones under the skin are fully exposed, full of explosive power, much like a beast. king.

However, their ears are erected like coyotes, their eyebrows are slightly raised, and their eyes are looking straight ahead. One opens its mouth wide, revealing sharp canine teeth, while the other closes its mouth tightly, seeming to be whispering. roar.

In terms of these characteristics, it resembles a wolf again. To be precise, the squat should be a beast that combines the characteristics of a lion, a wolf, and other beasts. In myths and legends, it is a beast that can eat tigers and leopards."

"It turns out to be a mythical beast, no wonder I haven't seen it before"

David continued, and the others nodded.

After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:

"David, the reason you haven't seen this kind of 猊猊 in Beijing is because the image of 猊猊 has changed. After thousands of years of development, it has become more and more like a lion, but the characteristics of other beasts have gradually disappeared.

In fact, the two stone lions at the door of my house and the stone lions you have seen in the Forbidden City are actually 狻猊, but they are the 狻猊 after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are quite different from the Tang Dynasty's 狻猊. the same.

There is another image of the sacred animal, which is commonly seen in stone lions or stone lion neck collars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a dragon-shaped animal that makes the door lion look more ferocious and mighty.

The two sacred statues in front of us are precious and invaluable. One is that they are very exquisitely carved. Although they have gone through thousands of years, they are still powerful, vigorous, vivid and vivid, which shows the sculptural skills of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

The second reason is that we can also see the inheritance and development of the Chinese door lion culture through these two sculptural sculptures of the Tang Dynasty, and thus have a deeper understanding and understanding of the traditional Chinese door lion culture.

For the Chinese, these two Tang dynasty sculptures are truly priceless, and I am no exception. If I can win this pair of Tang dynasty sculptures through this transaction, it would be great.

When my museum is established, there will be a Mogao Grottoes, which will display the Dunhuang scriptures and related antique artworks that I have collected from all over the world, and become the most authoritative exhibition hall in the field of Dunhuang Studies.

At that time, I will place these two Tang dynasty sculptures from Dunhuang at the entrance of the exhibition hall as guardians of the Mogao Grottoes. Anyone who enters the exhibition hall must pass by them."

"Wow! This idea is very good, I hope you can get what you want! Whenever anyone enters your museum, I believe they will be shocked by these two sculptures of guardian beasts from the Tang Dynasty"

David said in admiration, full of envy.

At this time, Mikhail and the others, their faces became even more ugly, and they were all depressed.

Steven, you bastard, these two sculptures of guardian beasts of the Tang Dynasty still belong to our Hermitage Museum and have not fallen into your bastard's hands. Are you thinking too beautiful and too early?

You bastard, when we are a mass of air, it does not exist at all!

This is not yet on the negotiating table, as if you had just won the two sculptures of guardian beasts in the Tang Dynasty, and you have even thought about how to display it in the future. It's too bullying!

Although they were so angry and itch with hatred, Mikhail and the others suppressed their anger and did not say much.

No idea! The form is better than people. Who will let the Amber Room be in the hands of this bastard? The initiative is not in the hands of people like him.

After introducing the two sculptures of guardian beasts in the Tang Dynasty, and after admiring them for a while, everyone went ahead and walked to another bulletproof glass showcase not far away, and began to admire the antique artworks displayed in this showcase.

This is an ancient painting with a small size, about thirty centimeters wide and over fifty centimeters high. It is mounted in a golden frame. The picture is mottled and yellowed, and there are many damages.

In the painting is a barefooted monk, holding a handle of Buddha dust in his left hand, and a tiger in his right hand, carrying a heavy and unusually heavy basket full of Buddhist scriptures.

With the blessing of Baosheng Tathagata above his head, this walking monk walked day and night, walking on the clouds. The tiger he led was very obedient and was walking with him.

It can be seen from the picture that the walking monk looked very tired because of the long journey, but his expression was very pious and persistent, and his eyes were very firm.

The first time he saw this ancient painting, a color of surprise flashed across Ye Tian's face, and he said with excitement:

"Wow! This is the famous Dunhuang "Walking Monk Picture" In the Dunhuang scriptures, there are a total of twelve "Walking Monk Pictures". Looted away.

The Englishman Stein robbed two of them and later donated them to the British Museum. The Frenchman Percy and took away seven, three in the Guimet Asian Art Museum and four in the French National Library.

Two more were snatched away by the Japanese. One is currently in the collection of the Central Museum of Korea, the other is in the library of Tenri University in Nara, Japan, and the last one is in the hands of Oldenburg.

Oldenburg later donated the last picture of The Walking Monk to the Hermitage Museum. This one is right in front of me. It seems that my luck is very good and I want to earn another priceless treasure.

The nine "Hiking Monk Pictures" from the British Museum, the Guimet Asian Art Museum and the National Library of France have all been included in my bag. The tenth "Hiking Monk Pictures" in front of me is naturally not to be missed."

Hearing this, Mikhail, who was standing next to him, immediately sighed secretly.

"Fuck it! Another priceless treasure is going to be ransacked by the **** Steven, it's so hateful!"