It was already around five o'clock in the afternoon, and Xiao Ran's transaction with the Frenchman was still going on.
All the antique artworks and gold and silver treasures that were to be traded to the French were placed in front of Henry and Lawrence, and the amount was quite staggering.
Henry and the others have completed the inventory according to the transaction list, and there are quite a few items.
However, the two parties have not completed the most important signing process, and naturally have not completed the handover work.
On the French side of the trading area, Henry and Lawrence were appraising relatively more precious antiques and artworks one by one, with their eyes shining brightly.
They didn't care much about the gold and silver treasures that were easier to identify and were of relatively low value, and did not identify them one by one.
Of course, it's not like they really don't care about those babies.
But he knew clearly that those things could not be fake, and knew that Xiao Ran would never miss any piece of antique art and gold and silver treasures!
His credibility in the field of antique art collection is well-known and everyone trusts him!
In this case, after confirming that the quantity of gold and silver treasures was correct, the French were too lazy to identify those dazzling things one by one.
Their attention is focused entirely on numerous Western antiques, treasures that are obviously of higher value.
At this time, Henry and Pierre were concentrating on admiring and appraising the marble sculpture from the Hellenistic era, "Artemis, the Goddess of the Hunt"
A few meters away, several appraisal experts from the National Library of France were admiring and appreciating the stone tablet of Clovis I's conversion to Catholicism, and they were all amazed.
In the area where oil paintings and other artworks are displayed, Lawrence and several other French appraisal experts are admiring top-notch artworks such as Rubens' "Adoration of the Virgin" and Botticelli's "Three Graces".
At the same time, after appraising the many stone sculptures and porcelain sculptures placed in the square in front of the art museum, Xiao Ran returned to the front hall of the art museum.
He will be in his own trading area, appreciating and appraising a large number of Chinese antiques and artworks that the French have put out for trade.
Unlike in the past, because he was only one person, there were a large number of Chinese antiques and artworks that needed to be appraised, filling the floor.
In this case, he could only perform the appraisal at a glance, and the appraisal speed was extremely fast!
However, his vision was extremely accurate and he did not miss any antique artifacts and works of art.
While conducting rapid appraisals, he also introduced each treasure he saw quickly so that everyone could understand the origin and value of these treasures.
"The strange-shaped bronze vessel you are seeing now is a standing tripod from the Shang Dynasty. Shang tripods of this shape are rarely unearthed and are very precious. They can be called national treasures."
"This tripod was lost overseas at the beginning of the last century. It has been collected in the Guimet Museum in France since the 1940s. According to my identification, this tripod does come from the Shang Dynasty. There is no problem."
Xiao Ran pointed to a bronze tripod with a slightly weird shape and said, briefly introduced the situation, and gave a positive identification conclusion.
As soon as he finished speaking, the domestic appraisal team from the National Museum in Beijing confirmed it.
"Xiao Ran, your identification is correct. This is indeed a Shang Dynasty tripod that was lost at the beginning of the last century, a national treasure-level cultural relic."
"I have visited the Guimet Museum in France several times before and admired this treasure. It is definitely the authentic one."
"It's great that you can bring this treasure back to China!"
Mr. Wang, a bronze appraisal expert from the National Museum, said in an extremely excited tone.
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded slightly, then looked at another treasure next to him and quickly identified and introduced it.
"The bronze mirror contained in this box is a twelve-zodiac bronze mirror from the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is very rare and very precious. It is undoubtedly authentic. It was also collected in the Guimei Museum before."
"The teacup you are seeing now is the famous black-glazed rabbit teacup from Jian Kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is undoubtedly authentic and is extremely rare in existence."
"The several pieces of porcelain in the box in front of me are all from the Ding kiln of the Northern Song Dynasty. Every piece is authentic and every piece is very rare. They are the Ding kiln white porcelain with a peony pattern and a folded mouth bowl, and the Ding kiln carved porcelain. A gourd-shaped ewer with a peony pattern, a vase with a double dragon pattern carved from the Ding kiln,..."
"The porcelain in this box is all Jun kiln porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty. Jun kiln porcelain is famous for its ever-changing kiln transformation phenomenon. These Jun kiln porcelain can be said to be Yuan Jun's masterpieces. Each piece is very precious. And rare”
"Everyone looks at these ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting works. They are all in the collection of the Guimei Museum. They include "Early Spring" by Liu Songnian, one of the four masters of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Yin Yin" by Ni Zan, one of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty, and the famous calligraphy of the Yuan Dynasty. Jia Xian Yushu’s cursive calligraphy calligraphy,..."
Following Xiao Ran's introduction, the tens of thousands of fans in his live broadcast rooms, as well as the other Chinese viewers and antique collectors who were watching the live broadcast, were all amazed.
Even the appraisal team in the National Expo conference room, as well as many other experts and scholars, behaved the same way.
Everyone was amazed by these exquisite and astonishingly valuable Chinese antique artworks, and were also shocked by Xiao Ran's sharp vision, precise judgment, and profound knowledge like an X-ray machine!
No matter experts, scholars or ordinary people, no one has seen such a scene, no one has seen an appraisal expert like Xiao Ran, and they have never even heard of it!
Several of Xiao Ran's live broadcast rooms were already boiling with excitement.
"I'll go! Is there any antique art in the world that Xiao Ran doesn't recognize? He's not appraising it at all. He's just wandering around in his treasure room, counting all the treasures!"
"Isn't this just a humanoid X-ray machine! No fake can escape his eyes. From now on, as long as the treasures pass through Xiao Ran's hands, just close your eyes and enter!"
Just when everyone was talking about it, Xiao Ran immediately came to perform live.
When he came to a box containing several pieces of blue and white porcelain, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
The next moment, he looked up at the curator of the Guimet Museum not far away, smiled, shook his head and said:
"Ms. Linz, these are not the pieces of Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain I want. Although they are very similar, their values are very different!"
"What I want is a few pieces of blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. These blue and white porcelains are imitations from the Republic of China period. Although the level of imitation is good, the fake ones are just fake!"
"If you can't provide those pieces of Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain, then I can only take out a few pieces from the antique artworks traded to you."
"I chose two landscape oil paintings by Poussin and Courbet. I happen to like the works of these two French art masters better. I can collect them by myself."
As he spoke, he prepared to tell Matthew to bring back the two oil paintings by Poussin and Courbet.
Seeing this scene, the French presidential envoy and others suddenly became anxious.
Looking at Linz, the director of the Guimei Museum, his face turned blue and white, and his expression was quite embarrassing.
"Sean, you don't have to take back those two oil paintings. The staff of the Guimei Museum must have got confused and mistook the blue and white porcelain of the Republic of China for the blue and white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty."
"There are too many dynasties in ancient China. Those who don't understand the situation can easily confuse the dynasties and make such low-level mistakes."
Henry quickly came up to smooth things over, and he probably didn’t even believe what he said.
Xiao Ran didn't say anything, just looked at Linz with a smile.
The next moment, Linz blushed and nodded and said:
"Sean, Henry is right. This is a stupid mistake made by our museum employees. We can make up for it."
"I'll call the museum right now and ask them to pack and send those pieces of Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain over immediately."
"As for the two oil paintings by the masters of art Poussin and Courbet, there is absolutely no need for you to take them back."
Xiao Ran looked at this clever woman, smiled and nodded gently and said:
"That's the best, Linz. Since we have reached an agreement, I don't want to ruin the deal."
"You can ask your subordinates to bring those pieces of blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. If there is nothing wrong with my appraisal, the transaction can naturally continue."
"Okay, Sean."
Linz nodded in response, then took out his cell phone and went to make a call.
"Spring Scene" by Liu Songnian, one of the Four Great Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty
