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Volume 1 Chapter 472 World Auction (2)

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    After the host left the stage, the auctioneer slowly walked onto the stage.  In fact, generally speaking, auctions do not need a host. The auctioneer is the host of the auction. However, the number of items in the world's auctions is valuable, and in order to prevent some accidents from happening midway, the world's auctions need a host.  A person and an auctioneer can serve as both concurrently.  After the auctioneer took the stage, he announced the first lot without any unnecessary nonsense: "The first lot is a sixteenth-century Hindu bronze statue, a bronze statue of Shiva." As the auctioneer finished speaking, two security forces  The members slowly walked out from the backstage carrying a large table. The items on the table were covered by a huge red cloth.  After placing the table on the high platform, the auctioneer slowly walked up and uncovered the red cloth. Suddenly, a bronze statue about one meter high and eighty centimeters wide appeared in view. This bronze statue  The image is cast after Shiva, one of the three main gods of India.  In the auctioneer's introduction room, the appraisers also left their seats and walked into the bronze statue to observe it carefully. The auctioneer continued: "In the Indian Buddhist scriptures, Shiva wears a "flame crown". It is rumored that he is the three main gods of India.  The god who dominates the two powers of destruction and reproduction, has three eyes and four arms. He practices asceticism in the Himalayas all year round and can dance. He is the creator of both hard and soft dances, and was later revered as the "King of Dance".  When he dances gracefully, his three eyes open to see into the past, present and future respectively; this "Dancing King Shiva" is a typical work of the "Dancing King Phase" posture among Shiva statues, and it is considered to be the most representative work of Shiva in India.  "One of the most mystical and philosophical works of art in statue art." Following the auctioneer's introduction, Zhang Yi couldn't help but focus on the bronze statue, which was a statue with four arms stretched gently and the front two arms were in Hindu shapes.  Typical posture, the last two hands hold a small drum and a flame of Shiva respectively.  The dance posture is very graceful. He gently lifts his left foot, and his right leg is independent of the halo of flames. He is stepping on a little person, which shows the meaning of "conqueror of time". The halo of flames symbolizes generation and preservation.  , the reincarnation cycle process of destruction.  The whole statue is full of rhythmic beauty, and the dancing Shiva is beautifully shaped and appears to be in high spirits.  "The bronze statue of Shiva is not only one of the Hindu cultural relics. At the same time, the entire statue also embodies the unity of eternal movement and calm expression, the unity between radiating tension and aura restraint. This stillness in movement is precisely  It is in line with the Hindu idea of ??eternity in change," the auctioneer continued.  After finishing speaking, the auctioneer looked at several appraisers. As the appraisers nodded, the auctioneer loudly said: "Now, the bidding for the bronze statue of Shiva, an Indian Buddhist cultural relic, has begun. The starting price is US$200,000."  , each increase in price is no less than ten thousand dollars." "Wow" After the auctioneer's words fell, many people began to raise their placards to bid. This bronze statue of Shiva is a real Hindu cultural relic, not the fake ones that can be seen on the market now.  Shiva statues, most of the Shiva statues circulating in the cultural relics world are high imitations, but there are very few experts in appraising this kind of cultural relics, so few people really know the value of the authentic Shiva statues.  Zhang Yi, who was sitting in the audience, stared at this beautifully dancing Shiva statue with great interest. He still had some understanding of the Hinduism that emerged many years ago. India originated from Vedicism and Brahmanism in ancient India, and it was also a global  One of the major religions, according to statistical data in the early 1990s, Hinduism had one billion followers, second only to Christianity and Islam at that time.  It's just that the popularity of Hinduism is not as wide as that of Buddhism, the two major religions, so few people know the existence of this religion. Although the followers of Hinduism are still far ahead of Buddhism, it cannot be compared with the culture of Buddhism. Its religious color  It is only based on India's native philosophy, culture and social customs, and its beliefs and ethical views have many complex factors and conflict with each other, so its popularity is limited to the Indian mainland.  The three main gods of Hinduism are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, so many of their incarnations appear in folk sculptures. This bronze statue of Shiva can be said to be one of the most valuable cultural relics in Hinduism.  .  With the rounds of bidding and the auctioneer's statements, the price of this Shiva statue was quickly raised to 800,000 US dollars, and Zhang Yi discovered that most of the people who participated in the bidding for this Shiva statue came from several countries.  An Indian businessman finally stopped at the price of the bronze statue at 950,000 US dollars. After asking three times at the auction and no one participated in the bidding, the auctioneer raised his gavel and announced its ownership. Zhang Yi turned around and discovered that in the end,  The bidder for this bronze statue of Shiva was a woman of about thirty years old.  The order of the auction items used in the world auction is different from that of the orthodox auction. The auction items take turns in the order of historical cultural relics and modern artworks. Among them, one ancient cultural relic is auctioned out of every ten items. This can not only mobilize the atmosphere of the venue, but also  Let people have the patience to sit down here, like Zhang Yi. His goal of participating in the auction this time is the good things that China has lost abroad.Several ancient cultural relics, these cultural relics will also appear in the subsequent auctions.  With the success of the first round of auctions, the subsequent auctions are getting better and better. There are more than 2,000 collectors and businessmen from all over the world in the audience. They will never let go of any item. There is always something you want.  After the successful auction of several cultural relics and modern art from various countries, the first ancient cultural relic was finally put on the stage. When the auctioneer revealed the true identity of this cultural relic, the whole audience held their breath, and then there was an uproar.  There was an uproar and applause.  Zhang Yi also looked intently and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Tutankhamun's solid gold mask in ancient Egypt?" While everyone in the audience was in an uproar, the auctioneer also quietly exclaimed: "Tutankhamun's solid gold mask,  Tutankhamun was the pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. More than 3,300 years ago, Tutankhamun was one of the most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt, although he was not the most outstanding in the history of ancient Egypt.  Pharaoh, but the place where he was buried represents the pinnacle of Egyptian archaeological work, so the value of this pure gold mask is estimated in the cultural relics community on land, but in the world auction, its low price is 9 million US dollars, each bid  "No less than one million US dollars." Zhang Yi took a deep breath. The price of this cultural relic was definitely more than that. What shocked him was that he remembered that this ancient Egyptian cultural relic was collected in the Egyptian Museum. How could it appear in this auction?  At the meeting?  Sure enough, after the bidding started, this pure gold mask from more than 3,000 years ago was quickly sold for 20 million US dollars, and the momentum is still rising. It seems that many super rich people are bound to get this cultural relic.  .  After nearly an hour of bidding, the price of this pure gold mask stopped at US$39 million. In the end, only two people took part in the bidding, one was a wealthy oil businessman from Dubai, and the other was from  Egyptian cultural relics scholar, judging from the momentum of the two people, this Egyptian cultural relics scholar seems to be bound to get this ancient cultural relic.
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