Chapter 1781: Torn ancient greek sculpture
In a blink of an eye, it was already around 2:30 in the afternoon.
Rome’s Botshamn open-air market was caught in an unprecedented panic. All the stall owners, antique shop owners, and gallery owners who operated the antique junk business here were in panic all day long!
And it was Ye Tian who was madly sweeping the open-air bazaar in Botsaymen that created this panic.
At this time, he has swept three streets and brought Betty and the others to the last and longest street in the Botshamn Open-air Bazaar. He has been walking around this street for a while, and he has gained a lot!
Just now, five or six minutes ago, the two medium-sized helicopters responsible for transferring the trophies took off again and flew to the Vatican with a large number of valuable antique artworks.
Looking at the two medium-sized helicopters whizzing away, the many antique dealers at the Botshamn open-air market, their faces dark as the bottom of a pot, were distressed and almost fainted.
For Ye Tian, each of them hated the roots of their teeth, but they were afraid to the bones, and they admired them very much.
As people in the industry, they all know in their hearts that what this industry strives for is vision, knowledge, and funding!
Steven’s extremely greedy **** not only has a sharp vision, but also seems to be omniscient and omnipotent. More importantly, he still has inexhaustible dollars in his pocket, which is terrible!
Faced with such a guy, no one would feel extremely frustrated, and could not even have the will to resist, and could only watch that **** ransack the Botsayman open-air market frantically.
Not in the open-air market of Botshamn, but always paying attention to the many professionals in the field of Italian antique art collection here, everyone is sucking air-conditioning, and their hearts are dripping!
Some guys have even begun to take action to stop Ye Tian's crazy behavior of looting the Botshamn Bazaar as soon as possible, and to keep some treasures for Rome, even one!
At the same time, Ye Tian and the others walked into a medium-sized antique shop on the side of the street, and began to appreciate the many antique artworks displayed in this antique shop with great interest.
The owner of this antique shop is an Italian man in his fifties. He is thin, with long gray hair and tied into a ponytail. He looks a bit of an artist's temperament, free and easy!
However, when he saw Ye Tian walk into his antique shop, the ease and freedom immediately disappeared without a trace.
Instead, there was an unusually solemn expression, and his eyes were full of jealousy, even a little frightened!
But this antique shop owner is an old fried dough stick after all. He quickly cleared up his emotions, piled up a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, and quickly greeted Ye Tian and the others.
After meeting each other and getting to know each other, the antique shop owner accompany Ye Tian and the others with fear and start to visit, and took the initiative to introduce the many antique artworks displayed in the shop.
"Steven, these cubist paintings in front of you are all the work of the same artist. This artist is a rising artistic star. His paintings are highly regarded by many people. You might as well consider it!"
Following the introduction of the owner of the antique shop, Ye Tian and the others stopped one after another and looked at several cubist paintings hung on the front display wall.
After pretending to be serious for a moment, Ye Tian smiled and nodded and said:
"These paintings are really good. The author's painting techniques are very skilled and thoughtful. Unfortunately, I am not a collector and I am not very interested in Cubism, so I have no intention of collecting these paintings."
Hearing this, the owner of the antique shop immediately flashed a look of disappointment, which was fleeting.
After appreciating them for a while, Ye Tian and the others moved forward and looked at other antique artworks in the store, or suspected antique artworks.
Next, they successively admired some antique artworks on display, and gradually walked into the depths of the antique shop.
During this process, Ye Tian always had a bright smile on his face, and he nodded frequently. He seemed to be interested in every antique art in this store.
However, he did not take any actual action, and he did not even ask about the price.
Seeing his performance, the owner of the antique shop couldn't help taking a sigh of relief and relaxed a lot, but he was somewhat uneasy!
Could it be that I don’t even have a good thing in this antique shop, and all the antique art can’t enter the eyes of your fellow.
While the antique shop owner secretly complained, Ye Tian stopped suddenly and looked at a severely mutilated statue and a pile of broken marble blocks of various sizes on the ground.
In fact, this severely mutilated marble statue was barely pieced together, leaving only the right half of the torso and the half of the right arm that was broken at the elbow.
Moreover, this statue is full of scary cracks of different sizes and lengths, and some cracks are wide enough to insert a finger, and it seems that it may fall apart at any time!
If it hadn't been supported and supported by a white plaster stand, it would have been impossible for this mutilated figure sculpture to stand, and it would have been scattered on the ground.
Excluding those horrible cracks, the surface of this mutilated statue is also mottled.
His right torso and half of his right arm were pitted, as if they had been hit with a hammer countless times, densely packed, like a honeycomb, and there were many stains of different shades.
Judging from these two points alone, it is basically certain that this statue is an unearthed antique cultural relic. It has been buried deep underground for many years. The excavation time is not too long, it should not exceed a hundred years!
And this statue has obviously gone through countless hardships, and there may be many unknown stories hidden behind it. Those horrible scars are the best proof.
Even if this statue is very severely mutilated, it is impossible to tell who the figure is, but through the soft curve of the statue's torso and right arm, it can be confirmed that this is a female human sculpture.
As for the rest of the statue, such as the head, left half of the torso and left arm, the front half of the right arm, the legs and base of the statue, and other parts, they are no longer in place.
Needless to say, these parts of the statue must have been broken into pieces of marble of varying sizes.
The pile of marble shards next to the statue should be part of it, but judging from the statue's body proportions, there are many marble shards from this statue that are not here.
If unsurprisingly, those marble shards have been lost in all likelihood, and they may be retrieved, but more likely, they will never be retrieved.
After standing in front of the statue and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian turned his head to look at the antique shop owner and said with a smile:
"Rosini, please tell me about this marble sculpture. How did it break like this? Why don't you put the pieces of marble on the ground together? Where did the other pieces of marble go?
One more thing, what is the theme of this marble sculpture? Who is the figure of the sculpture? Obviously, there are many stories hidden behind this marble sculpture, I really want to know about it! "
The antique shop owner Rossini did not immediately respond. He first glanced at Ye Tian deeply, and then looked suspiciously at the torn marble sculpture and the stones piled on the ground.
After a moment of hesitation, Rossini nodded and said:
"I don't know much about this incomplete marble sculpture. I bought it from the open-air market outside the door this summer. It comes from a guy who has been setting up a stall here all year round.
When I received this sculpture, it was just a pile of marble shards of various sizes and shapes. Only the half of the right arm was considered complete. The other parts of the sculpture could not be distinguished.
Later, together with a few friends, it took a long time and energy to put this sculpture together as it is now, fixed it with a plaster frame, and erected it.
But this is already the limit. The marble shards piled on the ground, we tried our best to join them, and we didn't even know which part of the sculpture they belonged to.
The main reason is that this sculpture is too badly damaged, and many pieces of marble from this sculpture have been lost, and it is impossible to completely restore it.”
"It is true. The original shape of these marble fragments on the ground is basically invisible, and it is difficult to distinguish which part of the statue they belong to. The fragments are too severe!"
Ye Tian nodded gently in agreement, with a little regret in his tone.
After a short pause, Rossini continued:
"In desperation, we can only let go, put this incomplete sculpture and those marble shards here, and see if we can meet people who like them and are interested in them.
Although it is impossible to restore this marble sculpture to its original condition, it can be seen from the part of the remnant that was pieced together that the artistic level of this sculpture is very high, and the carving techniques are also quite sophisticated.
From this sculpture ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, it seems to be able to see a bit of ancient Greek idealism, just like the famous sculpture "Remnant" in the Vatican Museum, but it is more seriously damaged.
The man who sold the pile of marble fragments once said that this marble sculpture seems to come from the Greek region and was transported to Catania, Italy in the early 1950s.
After several rounds, the pile of marble fragments finally fell into his hands, and he sold them to me. During this period, many fragments must be lost everywhere and it is difficult to find them again.
This statement also verified my inference. It is probably an ancient Greek sculpture. Unfortunately, the damage is so serious that it is almost impossible to restore it.
As for the theme of this sculpture, who is the sculpture, and whether there are other stories hidden behind it, I don't know, it may be a mystery of the ages! "
Hearing this, Ye Tian couldn't help flashing a smile deep in his eyes.
"The mystery of the ages! That is for you. For me, this marble sculpture is a priceless treasure. It is clear from which sculptor it came from!"
