Chapter 1024: Auction

Looking at the mummy with an X sight, Fang Leng secretly admired the ancient Egyptians who had mastered such exquisite embalming techniques thousands of years ago.

Louise, on the other hand, said to Fang Leng and Clark, "Oh my God, look at these." ”

Fang Leng looked in the direction Louise was pointing, and it was the four jars in front of the mummy's coffin. Each of the altars had an animal-like head, which contained the mummy's entrails.

And Louise's voice rang out again: "Oh, these are Canopis cans. The ancient Egyptians used them to hold the entrails of the dead. The head of the canine is a domtev, which was used to store the stomach of the deceased. The head of the eagle is Kebshanaf, which is used to store the intestines of the deceased. The head of this baboon is a Habi, which is used to store the lungs of the deceased. The avatar is that of Amshet, which is used to store the liver of the deceased. ”

Listening to Louise's knowledgeable explanation, Carat also smiled and said, "Hehe, you are really knowledgeable." I've never heard you be so interested in ancient Egypt before. ”

Louise smiled kindly and said, "I watched some TV shows about ancient Egyptian culture a few days ago, and I still have some understanding of these things. ”

Fang Leng stood up straight again after observation, and said, "Why don't we go and see other cultural relics?" ”

Clark and Louise also nodded, and the three of them had been watching the mummy glass display case for a long time.

A few people continued to walk, and the cultural relics in the exhibition hall from time to time had something that could touch people's hearts. The three of them came to an ancient Indian Buddha statue again.

This ancient Buddha statue can be said to be full of the vicissitudes of history. Although the Buddha statue is gray as a whole, it has undergone countless years of wear and tear, and there are many cracks and spots on it with other color marks.

For Buddha statues, Fang Leng still has common sense. The true birthplace of Buddhism was in India, founded by the then patriarch Shakyamuni. Over the years, it has become one of the three great religions of the world, standing side by side with Islam, founded by Muhammad, and Christianity, founded by Jesus.

And under the glass case of this ancient Indian Buddha statue, there is also a bulletin board that reads:

"The Buddha statue of Brahma, the third disciple of Shakyamuni, the ancestor of ancient Indian Buddhism. According to carbon dating, the Buddha statue was created around 1020 BC. The statue was discovered in 1908 by a joint British-French expedition in a cave on the Deccan plateau. ”

Seeing this, Fang Leng also thought to himself: "In this case, then the mummy I saw just now can be said to have a longer history than this Buddha statue." ”

Looking at the face of this Buddha statue, it is completely different from the face of the gold mask worn by the mummy just now, the face of the Buddha statue seems to be a kind of joy and comfort, and the eyes are almost closed, which seems to be related to the reincarnation culture of Buddhism. And the mummy's golden mask just now looks vivid, and it seems to be entering another world. From these two things, it seems that the differences between the two civilizations and cultures can be seen.

After seeing the Buddha statue, the three of them continued to wander around the exhibition hall. There are also many exhibits in the exhibition hall: strange pottery statues from Japan, ancient ivory decorations from Africa, spears from ancient Rome, and so on.

And an exhibit attracted Fang Leng's attention, in that glass display case. A piece of porcelain that has clearly gone through the years but looks very shiny attracts me.

Fang Leng couldn't help but walk over, that piece of porcelain was a piece of Chinese blue and white porcelain. The blue-blue painting on the porcelain still looks very vivid today, and the whole porcelain is very intact, which can be called the best of antiques.

And under this glass display case, there are also a few lines of words:

"This is a blue and white porcelain from the Northern Song Dynasty in China, around 1060 AD. And it was actually found in Burma, where it was said to have been a gift to the Burmese king by wealthy merchants from the Song Dynasty of China. Because the beauty of porcelain produced in the Song Dynasty of China was highly sought after at that time, the porcelain of the Song Dynasty in China became a very popular product in East Asia and even the Indian Ocean coast at that time. ”

Fang Leng looked at this blue and white porcelain, as if he had returned to the classical but still prosperous world of the Song Dynasty in China. Thinking about it, Fang Leng thought of China again. Although he now has powerful superpowers and heroic friends, China still makes him a little nostalgic. Fang Leng thought to himself: "Since there are so many whimsical things in this world, does China in this world also have superhero-like characters?" ”

"Hmm, Fang Leng?" A voice came from behind him.

Fang Leng looked back and saw that it was Louise and Clark. Now I suddenly realized that I was a little too focused just now, and I almost forgot that I was visiting with Louise and Clark.

"Ahh I'm so fascinated......" Fang Leng scratched his head and smiled.

Clark looked at the blue and white porcelain in the glass display case and said, "Well, it's really well made. ”

Louise said, "Let's take a look at it again, there's an auction of artifacts later." Let's go see the excitement later. ”

Clark nodded with Fang Leng , looking at the auction of cultural relics can also increase his knowledge. The three of them continued to wander around the exhibition hall for a while.

It's twelve o'clock, which is also the time when the auction begins. Fang Leng and the others had already had lunch at a restaurant outside the exhibition hall before they started, and then went to the auction hall of the exhibition hall to take a look at the excitement.

Above the door of the auction hall in the exhibition hall is written: "Ryder Antiquities Auction".

The Ryder Exhibition Hall, the organizer of the auction, also deliberately opened the auction to the public in order to show its strong strength and influence. The hall where the auction is held can be said to be very spacious, and when you look at the front of the hall, you can only see that the seats in the front rows of the hall are very elegant, and it is obvious that there are seats for the buyers participating in the auction, which is equivalent to the VIP area. The seats at the back are more popular, obviously for the visitors to sit, which is equivalent to the audience area.

Clarke, along with Fang Leng and Louise, tried to find a seat at the front of the audience area.

The loudspeaker in the hall also said loudly: "Everyone, please do a good job, this Ryder Antiquities Auction is hosted by the Ryder Exhibition Hall." Welcome everyone, and then invite the guests participating in the auction to appear! ”

In the front of the hall, a door was opened on the left side, and out of it came a large group of well-dressed men and women. These people look like the wealthy class of the upper class, and their manners and demeanor are full of a kind of stability and elegance. Most of them are relatively old, and some old gentlemen and ladies are in their sixties and seventies.

The group gradually made their way to the seats in the VIP area, and they were the buyers of this auction.

Louise followed Clark with her own insight about what she knew about the auction. Fang Leng looked at those antique buyers. Although I don't know much about some matters of the cultural relics auction, I can also judge that there are many old fritters engaged in this area by looking at the looks and temperament of those buyers.