This golden and bronze Buddha head of Kendra is the earliest and most sensational spoils brought back from the border province of China.

When they returned from the first expedition from China's border province and Central Asia, they could be said to have returned with a full load.

Because the Qing Dynasty was weak at that time, and the Qing government at that time had no concept of protecting its own cultural relics and culture, the Dagu expedition team, when they arrived in the border areas of China, could be said to have been plundering and no one cared about it.

Not only did they search for famous historical buildings in the region, they also robbed many local ancient tombs, such as the Loulan ancient tombs at that time, and they robbed them. It was them who started this.

Only after the "exploration teams" in other parts of the world realized that there were so many ancient tombs waiting for them to excavate in the border areas of China. It was from them that the various "exploration teams" from Europe, the United States and Japan began to explore treasures in the border areas of China.

In the more than 20 years since then, European and American countries and Japan organized countless "exploration teams" and went to China's border areas to rob and dig, not only plundering countless Chinese cultural relics, but also destroying many local ancient buildings and ancient tombs with extremely high archaeological value.

It was also the success of this expedition that started the Otani Expedition Team and its future "glorious" adventure in China. After that, whenever they set out to "explor" in China, countless rich Japanese people would come to them to provide funding and name them to bring back some of the "special" cultural relics they needed.

Today, this golden bronze Buddha head, which opened the glory of the Dagu Expedition Team, was about to go home with Jin Muchen.

Jin Muchen was in a heavy mood and put the gold and bronze Buddha head in his pocket. At the same time, he was also calculating in his heart that the time he had been to Japan this time was too short. There were too many things to deal with.

When you come to Japan next time, you must find the tombs of the members of the Otani Expedition Team back then. At that time, you must dig up all their tombs and pick out their bones, so that they can also taste the taste of exposing the wilderness of corpses, so that they can relieve their hatred.

After putting away this Buddha head, Jin Muchen didn't have much time to stay here to sigh and move forward.

I soon arrived at the ceramic display area, and there were many treasures waiting for him. Soon the first ceramic exhibit caught his eye.

This is a white porcelain phoenix bottle, a work from the Tang Dynasty.

The earliest porcelain in China should actually be from the Jin Dynasty, but porcelain at that time was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and rarely produced fine products. The most important thing is that it cannot produce exquisite porcelain that is amazing like later generations, so porcelain at that time was not the mainstream of ornamental ceramics.

So most of the porcelain at this time are mainly practical tools, and this white porcelain phoenix bottle in front of you is like this.

The workmanship is compared with the porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties when porcelain art developed to its peak. Even the porcelain from the Song Dynasty when porcelain began to flourish.

Although this white porcelain phoenix bottle is known as white porcelain, its whiteness is simply not as dark as that of the white porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Moreover, the production process is also very rough. The porcelain bottle is about 20 cm high, with a narrow top and wide bottom. The entire porcelain bottle is unglazed. Where the drawing is drawn.

It's just a simple white yellow porcelain bottle, the only thing that stands out is that a phoenix-like lid was made at the mouth of the bottle. Moreover, the phoenix's head was also funny and looked more like a chicken's head.

To be honest, this styling technique is incomparable to the later Ming and Qing dynasties.

But despite this, the preciousness of this white porcelain phoenix's first bottle is self-evident.

Although the porcelain on the market is highly respected by the Ming and Qing dynasties, and those in the Song dynasties are also very popular, mainly because the porcelain of these dynasties has its own characteristics.

For example, most porcelains in the Song Dynasty were famous for their simple shape, simple and thick colors, and Zen-like style.

Porcelain in the Ming and Qing dynasties was the peak period of the development of Chinese porcelain, and was famous for its bright colors, exquisite shapes, delicate workmanship and luxurious materials.

However, porcelain before the Song Dynasty was also quite recognized by the market. The reason why collectors were willing to pay for porcelain before the Song Dynasty was mainly because there were too few porcelains before the Song Dynasty.

You should know that before the Song Dynasty, China experienced several "ethnic integration" periods of "ethnic integration" invasions of grassland ethnic groups. The damage caused by those "ethnic integration" to the truest of Chinese civilization was quite amazing.

The three palaces of the Han Dynasty and Chang'an of Han left behind by the great Han Dynasty have all turned into a piece of loess, and the glorious Tang civilization has also been destroyed.

Therefore, many of the exquisite utensils they made back then have been wiped out with the war.

What's more, such fragile porcelain and pottery? It can be preserved completely until now, and this is the main reason why porcelain before the Song Dynasty was very high in the collection market.

Although they are not as artistic as porcelain from the Song Dynasty and later periods, they are only as expensive as they have a small amount of existence.

For example, the white porcelain phoenix bottle in front of Jin Muchen now has an ugly shape and its workmanship is not matched with exquisiteness. However, because it has a small amount of existence, it is also a phoenix bottle. Such things must be used by nobles in the imperial palace during the Tang Dynasty.

With the royal bonus, the price of this porcelain will immediately increase several times.

If it were originally such a white porcelain bottle, as his Tang Dynasty porcelain, it would definitely be worth seven or eight million, but if the royal bonus was added, it would at least be worth one hundred, which would be able to reach a quotation of about 15 million yuan.

So although this white porcelain phoenix bottle was not rated as their national treasure by the Japanese, Jin Muchen still accepted this white porcelain phoenix bottle with a smile.

After putting away the first bottle of the white porcelain phoenix, Jin Muchen continued to walk back and soon saw the one he saw when he came to check in the spot, the three-color decal double dragon ear bottle.

This double dragon ear bottle is about 30 cm tall, with a thin neck and a ball of peony flowers on the body of the bottle. The two handles are shaped like a double dragon absorbing water, and the workmanship is exquisite and beautiful.

The most important thing is that these two dragon handles have basically confirmed that this two dragon ear bottle is definitely a royal utensil used by the royal family back then, and is likely to be a tomb of an emperor in the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, the value of this double dragon ear bottle will immediately be different.

Moreover, this is a piece of Tang Sancai pottery. Although it is not ceramic, it is the authentic Tang Sancai and the ear bottle used by the emperor. In this way, the price of this thing will immediately be comparable to those three-color horses.

During the Tang Dynasty, because porcelain was not yet popular, people used the main vessels that contained water, which were pottery, and the main ornamental instruments of high-ranking officials and nobles, were also pottery.

If it is a stone pottery that does not have any color, those nobles will not like it. After all, the stone pottery is burned out of mud, which is too scented and cannot match the nobles' temperament of spring and snow.

So some craftsmen who fired ceramics began to look for the shapes and colors of pottery.

At the beginning, the most successful ones of these craftsmen were the Tang Sancai horses. You should know that when the Tang Dynasty was founded, it was a country of military merit. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was not only able to fight, but even the emperor was the emperor who immediately won the world.

Therefore, the emperors in the early Tang Dynasty all liked horses very much, especially when Emperor Minghuang of Tang. Because of the prosperity of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had surpassed his ancestors' civil and military skills, so he himself also liked horses very much.

The imperial craftsmen in the palace burned a lot of three-color horses, and as a result, these things were naturally very popular with the Emperor Ming of Tang, as the saying goes, the effect is as high as the bottom.

Such three-color horses began to become popular in the upper circles, from emperors to civil officials and military generals to small officials at all levels below, and wealthy merchants all like three-color horses very much.

So much so that after they died, they would take the Sancai Horse for funeral. This is why, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, our country excavated several ancient tombs from the Tang Dynasty, and all of them were unearthed.

In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, due to the change of people's aesthetic tastes, craftsmen also began to try to burn various three-color pottery, so various three-color pottery were born.

Of course, in addition to its practical effects, these pottery are also viewing tools that high-ranking officials and nobles usually like, and they will be buried with them after they die.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were actually many Tang Sancai pottery circulating in the antique market in our domestic market, but it was never very popular because the collectors at that time thought this thing was unlucky.

After all, it is a tomb object, and it has been used by those dead people, so even if they are big, they will inevitably feel disgusted.

Because there is no market, people who sell this kind of Tang Sancai naturally don’t take much care, and the preservation conditions are of course not good. Therefore, many unearthed Tang Sancai pottery were almost destroyed at that time.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were basically not many Tang Sancai pottery on the market. Even if there were, they were plundered by those European and American collectors.
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