Chapter 2092: Small appreciation meeting

The door of the banquet hall was closed, and several security personnel with live ammunition guarded the door. No one was allowed to enter the banquet hall without permission.

The banquet hall that was originally lively and unusually quiet at the moment Ye Tian stepped onto the stage.

Everyone in the banquet hall looked at Ye Tian and the metal trolley box placed on the solid wood dining table in the center of the stage. Everyone's eyes were full of expectation and excitement.

After standing on the stage, Ye Tian quickly scanned the audience, then picked up the microphone placed on the auction stage and went to the center of the stage, smiling and saying loudly:

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I’m Steven, everyone knows, so I won’t introduce more. I’m glad to see you here, and I’m very welcome to invite you to come to this small appreciation event."

"Papa Papa"

There was a short but warm applause in the banquet hall.

At the same time, the picture here also appeared on the Internet.

Many antique art appraisal experts, historians and archaeologists, senior figures in major museums, and many top collectors all over the world are watching the live broadcast simultaneously and participating in this appreciation event remotely.

Those who are eligible to participate in this appreciation event and can watch the live broadcast are limited to professionals in the industry and must have a certain weight.

Even if other people knew that the appreciation event was being broadcast live on the web, they still had no invitation code and pass, and they couldn't see the live broadcast at all.

Of course, it is not ruled out that professionals will spread the video content and use their mobile phones to broadcast live to the computer screen, and present this live broadcast to everyone.

The applause fell, and Ye Tianqing's voice came out again.

"The reason for holding this small appreciation event today is to invite everyone to come to the Coco Mart Hotel. The reason is very clear to everyone. Next, let's get straight to the topic.

Just at noon today, I saw a fragment of a marble statue at an antique stall at the flea market in Athens. I thought it was a bit interesting, so I bought it.

The fragment of this statue is the left forearm of a female sculpture, broken at the elbow, without a left hand, and its surface is slightly weathered and scarred, with pits and pits on it.

In addition, there are several long or short cracks on the remains of the statue, which are covered with stains and have long lost their original luster, but these cannot conceal its beauty.

There are no ornaments on this fragment of the statue, just a piece of red fruit on the left forearm, but its shape is rounded and plump, with graceful lines, which is quite idealistic in ancient Greek sculpture.

And the marble has a very good texture. It is a very famous and rare Paros marble. The translucent Paros Dali is regarded as one of the most exquisite things in ancient times.

Most of the people who came here were professionals, and they must all know that in ancient Greece, only statues enshrined in temples were eligible to use Paris marble.

For example, the statue of the goddess Athena once enshrined in the Parthenon, except for the wood and ivory, the rest is carved from Paris marble."

Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but nodded slightly, and there was no disagreement.

And everyone became more excited and their eyes brighter, but no one interrupted Ye Tian's performance.

After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:

"In addition to the above characteristics, I carefully observed the few lines of the remains of the statue, or should be said to be the nicks left by the sculptor, to make a judgment.

I can say with certainty that this classical sculpture should be created between 2500 and 2400, that is, between 500 BC and 400 BC.

There is no doubt about this. It is absolutely impossible to make a mistake. I will do another carbon fourteen test later to determine the exact age of this sculpture and to support my presumption of age.

The period between 500 BC and 400 BC was the strongest era since ancient Greece defeated the invasion of the Persian Empire. In that era, many great men appeared in ancient Greece.

In the field of carving art, it was also the greatest era in the history of ancient Greek carving. Three famous classical carving masters appeared, Phidias, Miron and Polycritus.

Considering the preciousness of Paros marble, only the top sculptors are qualified to use it, and combined with the superb skills embodied by the statue fragments, I have another inference.

The body of the fragment of this statue is likely to be a sculpture of a deity that was made by a top carving master in ancient Greece and enshrined in a temple, which is of extraordinary significance.

From this point on, combined with the graceful lines of this fragment of the statue, I unconsciously compared it with Phidias’ representative work, the Statue of Athena.

Not to mention, between the two, I really found a little similarity, but I dare not conclude that this is the fragment of the work of Phidias, the **** of classical sculpture.

When I said these judgments, Professor Ophelia, an archaeologist from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens who was also at the flea market in Athens, also thought of Phidias."

Having said that, Ye Tian raised his hand and gestured to Professor Ophelia standing in the audience.

Following his actions, everyone on the scene looked at Professor Ophelia, and everyone's eyes were extremely hot.

What else could Professor Ophelia do, she could only nod gently, echoing what Ye Tian said.

But in her heart, she was madly complaining.

As for the object of complaint, who else can be besides Ye Tian?

"Steven, it's not like you **** who guided me step by step before I said Phidias' name. I think this fragment of the statue may be the work of Phidias, the **** of classical sculpture."

Of course, Professor Ophelia did not say this.

Soon, everyone turned around and looked at Ye Tian again.

Ye Tian, ​​standing in the center of the stage, continued his performance.

"Everyone knows what happened next. As soon as the name Phidias appeared, it caused a sensation in the Athens flea market, and the impact quickly spread.

Within a few minutes, the news spread all over Athens, all over Greece, and even the whole world. My mobile phone started ringing one after another, and it was almost blown by you guys! "

With that said, Ye Tian pointed to the crowd and the camera lens.

"Hahaha"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone laughed.

The same goes for countless live broadcasters. Those guys who knew Ye Tian and just called him today also all smiled.

When the laughter fell slightly, Ye Tianqinglang's voice immediately came out again.

"There are so many people who call me. Everyone is friends. Many of them are my sponsors. I can't help but answer anyone's calls. It's too rude, but I'm very busy. I really don't have much time.

In order to solve the problem once and for all, and also to listen to the appraisal opinions of other experts and scholars, my appraisal opinions are after all just a family statement, and they are not very certain, so I held this appreciation meeting.

At this appreciation meeting, everyone can carefully appreciate and appraise the fragment of the marble statue, and discuss it frankly, to see if a unified opinion can be formed and a clear appraisal conclusion can be given.

Next, I will show the fragment of this marble statue, present it in front of everyone, on the live screen, so that everyone can see clearly, and that every friend can participate in the appraisal."

After speaking, Ye Tian turned and walked to the solid wood dining table, put down the microphone in his hand, and then prepared to open the black metal trolley case.

Seeing his action, whether he was on the scene or watching the live broadcast, his expressions all became tense, staring closely at Ye Tian's every move, staring at the metal trolley box.

Especially those guys in the banquet hall took a step forward, trying to get closer and see more clearly. Fortunately, they were restrained and did not rush to the stage.

In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian had already opened the trolley box, took out the broken marble statue in the box, and placed it on the table.

In the next moment, there were bursts of surprised exclamations at the banquet hall and countless live broadcasts.

"Wow! This remnant of the statue is really broken, and it's about to fall apart. How can we identify it?"

"Yes! The upper and lower ends are missing, and the sculptor left too few traces, which is too difficult to identify! More importantly, everyone has never seen the sculpture of the classical sculpture **** Phidias! "

Listening to the exclamation and discussion from the audience, Ye Tian laughed softly.

If it's so good, how can you guys be willing and dare to show it to you guys to appreciate and appraise, isn't that asking for trouble?

After putting the fragment of the statue on the table for a moment, and letting his company employees shoot it from various angles, Ye Tiancai allowed many professionals on the scene to come and appreciate and appraise it.

The first to step onto the stage were Pandemaris, the director of the Acropolis Museum, and several appraisal experts from the Acropolis Museum. They are all authorities in the study of Phidias' sculpture art.

These experts and scholars stepped onto the stage, picked up the identification tools on the table, and then gathered around the dining table, began to admire and identify the fragment of the statue, and the eyeballs were almost pasted.

Soon, more than half an hour passed.

The appraisal activity for the fragment of the statue is still continuing, and the banquet hall is full of whispered discussions and even quarrels, which is very lively.

Those who have completed the appraisal or are in the process of appraisal, from their respective perspectives, are discussing the origin of this fragment of the statue and analyzing its artistic value.

The focus of discussion and controversy ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is naturally the hand of who made this fragment of the statue, and whether it is a masterpiece of the classical sculpture **** Phidias.

As for the artistic style and creation time of this fragment of the marble statue, everyone does not have much controversy. They basically agree with Ye Tian's conclusion that this is a classical sculpture created in ancient Greece.

As for the texture of the fragment of this statue, there is no doubt that this is indeed precious and rare Paros marble.

As the owner of this fragment of the statue, Ye Tian naturally joined the discussion, whispering to a few old friends.

At this moment, the Greek Minister of Culture and Maria came over suddenly, called Ye Tian aside, and said in a low voice with a serious expression:

"Mr. Steven, I have an unrelenting request. I hope you can leave this fragment of the statue in Athens. Do you agree?"

Hearing this, Ye Tian's eyes immediately flashed with disdain.

as predicted! This is the style of the Greeks!