Moreover, many artifacts had already suffered considerable damage when they were excavated due to the excavation technology and the tomb robbers, and they subsequently suffered many misfortunes.
However, the bronze ware from the Yuming family has received the best protection, so it is normal that there are differences in quality.
Yushan and his men took a quick look and found that there were almost tens of thousands of gold and bronze artifacts, each of which was priceless. There were even many legendary treasures that were as good as the Simuwu Ding and the Siyang Fangzun.
The only thing lacking is style.
The bronzes collected by Yu Ming are all of very typical Shang Dynasty style, simple and elegant, but without the mysterious feeling of Sanxingdui.
As for Baopiju, its area is actually not that large, but it took Yushan and others more than half an hour just to walk around the first floor.
If Yushan and others had not been dazzled by the end, they would have probably watched it for even longer.
Go up to the second floor, where you will see all kinds of gems and jades.
There are more collections on the second floor, because gems and jades are generally not large, and often a small piece can be priceless.
However, Yushan Heren was not very interested in gems. He just took a quick look at the jade and quickly went up to the third floor.
The third floor is the calligraphy and painting area, which is also Yu Mingxue’s grandfather’s favorite area.
Due to the particularity of the raw materials of calligraphy and paintings, it is extremely difficult to preserve them. Therefore, it is difficult to see calligraphy and paintings before the Song Dynasty in modern times.
In most cases, calligraphy and paintings gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
However, as a family that has experienced thousands of years of history, the collection in the hands of the Yuming family is probably beyond the imagination of countless people.
The center of the third floor is the silk painting area.
The paintings collected here are all from the Pre-Qin period.
Although paper suitable for painting had not yet been invented in the Pre-Qin period, painters at that time had already set their sights on the material of "silk".
Silk in the pre-Qin period was very expensive. In fact, real silk is not cheap even now.
Therefore, those who could use silk painting at that time were either princes and nobles, wealthy people, or people who served these people.
From a modern perspective, the silk paintings at that time actually already had the shadow of meticulous painting.
The use of lines in some paintings is in no way inferior to that of modern top masters of fine brushwork.
However, the development of painting was not yet perfect at that time, and if we evaluate it from the overall level, it is quite far behind.
In the silk painting area, there is a painting that obviously has a different status.
This painting was placed in the center of the silk painting area. The gemstones and jade used for mounting it alone were more valuable than most of the gemstones and jade collected on the second floor of Baopiju.
"What is this silk painting?"
There was no signature on the silk painting, but Yushan Heren could see that this painting was obviously of a higher level than other silk paintings.
The silk painting depicts a god who seems to be accepting sacrifices from his people while bestowing blessings on them.
The gods are surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, and behind them are clouds, mountains, heavenly palaces and other backgrounds. This is what Yushan and others have seen along the way in the silk painting.
They are all unique.
In fact, because the time was too long ago and painting was not yet mature, there was no concept of drawing background in paintings before the Qin Dynasty.
But this silk painting was painted, and the background was painted very completely, which is very imaginative.
"This is 'The White Emperor', a painting from the Taiding period," said Yu Mingxue.
"The Taiding period?" Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly.
The Taiding period was the early Shang Dynasty, almost 3,600 years ago, which is about the same time as the Code of Hammurabi was first established.
At that time, Yi Yin, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, was still alive! How could there be such exquisite silk paintings in the early Shang Dynasty?
"Speaking of which, you should have heard of the author of this silk painting, Lord Yushan." Yu Mingxue glanced at Yushan Heren and spoke slowly.
Upon hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. He was not a researcher of Shang Dynasty history, so how come he had heard of the name of a painter from the early Shang Dynasty?
"This silk painting is the work of Lord Yu Yi. Lord Yu Yi's name, Lord Yushan, you should have an impression of him, right?" Yu Mingxue smiled and explained.
"Yu Yi?" Upon hearing this, Yu Shanheren couldn't help but blink slightly.
Chapter 2506 Amazing Collection Value
"According to the legend, Lord Yu Yi visited the Yu Ming clan's land, and it happened that Zi Sang presented him with freshly woven silk. Lord Yu Yi was inspired to paint, so he left behind this painting." Yu Mingxue introduced the origin of the silk painting in front of him.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly.
The records of Yu Yi in the family tree are not so friendly.
In the family tree, the records about Yu Yi are basically that he was not doing his job and was idle.
It seems that because Yu Yi left no offspring, the evaluation of him in the family tree does not need to take into account the emotions of Yu Yi's descendants.
"These things have not been passed down in my family. I didn't expect that your Yuming family has kept them all the time." After thinking for a while, Yushan Heren spoke.
"For the Yu family, these are just insignificant things, but for us in the Yuming family, they are treasures passed down from generation to generation." Yumingxue said with a smile.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. This was indeed true.
For Yu Yi to have such a high level of painting skills, he must have practiced a lot. If his ancestors really valued his paintings, they would not have defined him as being idle in the family tree.
"Among these silk paintings, the oldest one should be this one, right?" After thinking for a while, Yushan Heren asked.
"The oldest?" Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxue couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"It should be this one. Grandpa said that this silk painting was created by Bo Mi when he was hiding in You Ge clan. There is another one that was also created during Shao Kang period, but it is not as old as this one."
Yu Mingxue led Yu Shan and others to a silk painting. This silk painting was obviously much rougher. In the sky, a sun was setting, and on the ground, a man holding a bow and arrow was looking very proud.
This painting is obviously describing the rebellion of Yi, the leader of Youqiong clan of Dongyi.
The sun represents Xia. During the Xia Dynasty, sun worship was still very popular throughout China.
This may be the reason why Jie, a later generation leader, compared himself to the sun.
And the man holding the bow and arrow was Yi.
Because Taikang led an immoral life, he only cared about having fun and enjoying himself after he ascended the throne, ignoring the affairs of state. He even often went out hunting and did not return for several months. The leader of the Youqiong clan of the Dongyi took the opportunity to seize the throne, which is known in history as "Taikang lost the country."
The legend of Houyi shooting down the sun that appeared later may also be related to this period of history.
The nine suns shot down by Yi may refer to nine important figures in the Xia Dynasty, or they may refer to a very large number.
"The Shaokang era is really long ago." After taking a closer look, Yushan Heren couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said.
However, as a clan that had been active in China before the Xia Dynasty, it does not seem unreasonable for the Yuming clan to own cultural relics from the Xia Dynasty.
"Although it is a long time ago, it still cannot be compared with Lord Yuyi's paintings." Yu Mingxue said slowly.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. This work of Bo Mi only has historical value, and its artistic value can be basically ignored.
The other party's painting style is no different from the murals of ancient times, let alone being comparable to Yu Yi's work.
"Let's go take a look at the rest of the calligraphy and paintings." After taking a deep breath, Yushan Heren spoke.
Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxue responded and followed Yu Shan and others to the rest of the calligraphy and painting area.
……
More than an hour later, Yushan and others finished their quick tour of the calligraphy and painting area.
It is true that Yu Ming’s collection of calligraphy and paintings is so huge and the quality is so astonishingly high.
From ancient times to the present, Yu Ming has collected almost all the calligraphy and paintings by famous people in China.
The authentic Li Bai painting that Yu Mingxue had previously proposed to give to Yushan Heren can only be considered an upper-middle-level work in terms of value.
Not to mention the silk paintings from the pre-Qin period, there are quite a few authentic works by Wu Daozi, Gu Kaizhi, Zhang Sengyou and others on this floor.
And almost all the paintings are well preserved.
As for some of them that are in a slightly worse state of preservation, it cannot be blamed on Yu Ming’s failure to take good care of them. The main reason is that they were already somewhat damaged when they were purchased.
"I'm afraid that the paintings on this floor alone are worth more than all the assets of the Shinomiya family." As they reached the stairs, Yushan Kazuto said.
"The Sigong Family?" Yu Mingxue couldn't help but blink, "The White Emperor Picture alone is already overshadowing the entire Sigong Family."
Hearing this, Yushan Heren shrugged his shoulders. Although the "Baidi Tu" is precious, if it is really sold, it may not be able to be sold at a high price.
After all, it would be hard for most people to believe that a silk painting that has been passed down for 3,600 years could be preserved so well.
Moreover, Yu Yi's painting style is indeed a bit too advanced.
Judging from the painting style alone, even if Yu Yi's works are placed together with works after the Song Dynasty, they do not appear out of place.
Moreover, "The Picture of the White Emperor" has a special meaning to Yu Mingshi. Therefore, in Yu Mingshi's eyes, no matter how precious "The Picture of the White Emperor" is, it cannot be overstated.
But for other people, "The White Emperor Picture" does not have such special meaning, and its value will naturally be discounted.
However, the entire calligraphy and painting floor houses more than 100,000 pieces of calligraphy and paintings, any one of which is priceless.
If you add up the value of all the calligraphy and paintings on this entire floor, it would easily exceed the total assets of the Shinomiya family.
Not even necessary
For a collection of calligraphy and paintings, one third or one fifth would be enough.
Of course, this does not take into account the situation where a large number of calligraphy and paintings flow into the market, causing market prices to fall.
In fact, if other people really knew that Yu Ming had so many handed-down calligraphy and paintings, I am afraid that the prices in the entire calligraphy and painting market would suffer a severe blow.
Go up to the fourth floor, which is the porcelain area.
The Yaobian Tianmu tea set that Yu Mingxue brought to Yushan and others for tea was taken out from the fourth floor.
This can be seen from the fact that the special display cabinet next to the other Yaobian Tianmu items is empty. It can be seen that the set of tea set must have been taken out from this display cabinet.
In fact, the several other Yaobian Tianmu items in Yuming's collection are even better than the Yaobian Tianmu tea set in terms of appearance and pattern.
It's just that because they can't be put together, the set of tea sets that can be put together is obviously more favored by Yu Ming.
"Lord Yushan, among these Yaobian Tianmu porcelains, is there any that you like?" Yu Mingxue couldn't help but ask as she watched Yushan and others observing the Yaobian Tianmu porcelains.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but look at Yu Mingxue. The other party had said before that he would give him two pieces of Yaobian Tianmu porcelain, and it seemed that he was serious.
Chapter 2507: Li Pavilion
But after thinking about it, Yushan Heren decided to accept the two Yaobian Tianmu.
Firstly, Yushan Heren’s grandfather really liked this kind of mysterious porcelain. Secondly, after seeing Yu Ming’s collection, Yushan Heren felt that one or two pieces of Yaobian Tenmoku porcelain were nothing to the other party.
This is only the collection of the head of the family, and the collections of other members of the Yuming family are not included.
Of course, the collections of other clan members are definitely not as good as those of the head of the family.
But with so many members of the clan, there must be a lot of good things. It is still unknown how many good things the entire Yuming clan has hidden.
"This pen holder and this small bowl, are they okay?"
Since he decided to accept Yu Mingxue's gift, Yushan Heren naturally would not be polite and directly selected the best quality and most unique item among several Yaobian Tianmu items.
Seeing Yushan Heren's choice, Yu Mingxue just smiled and nodded.
Although she knew that Yushan and Renxuan took away the two best Yaobian Tianmu porcelains in Baopi Ju.
However, Yu Mingxue did not feel too reluctant about seeing these two pieces of Yaobian Tianmu porcelain being chosen by Yushan Heren.
Firstly, she was not as enthusiastic about these things as her grandfather was. Secondly, there were too many collections in Baopi Ju, and giving a few of them to Yushan Heren would only be a drop in the bucket.
"But I have to go to Osaka tomorrow, and it's not very convenient to carry it with me." After thinking about it, Yushan Kazuto couldn't help but speak again.
Whether it is the Yaobian Tianmu porcelain or the two authentic works of Li Bai that Yu Mingxue gave to Yushan Heren, they are both priceless treasures.
If I take it to Osaka by myself and accidentally knock over the porcelain or damage the painting, it would be a waste of such a gift.
"Xue will send someone to deliver the things to Tokyo."
As soon as Yushan Heren opened his mouth, Yu Mingxue understood what he was thinking and took the initiative to speak to relieve Yushan Heren of his worries.
Hearing this, Yushan Heren couldn't help but blink slightly. Not only did he take several such precious collections from Yuming for free, he also asked the other party to deliver the goods to his door. Even Yushan Heren himself felt that he had gone a bit too far.
……
Baopiju has a total of seven floors, and the collections on each floor are a feast for the eyes of Yushan and others.
In comparison, the trip to the Nara Museum felt a bit shabby.
After visiting the seventh floor, Yu Mingxue led Yu Shan and others into the elevator.
