Chapter 762: Poseidon
"Steven, what's in this box? It makes you so careful!"
Seeing Ye Tian holding a box over, Matisse immediately asked curiously.
"It's a small marble sculpture. The theme of the sculpture is Poseidon, the **** of the sea, holding a trident above the sea. The entire sculpture is very exquisite and extremely vivid!
When I was exploring the Captain’s Lounge, I found it in a cabinet because it was a marble sculpture, so it was well preserved and looked pretty good, so I brought it here."
Ye Tian smiled and explained a few words, then put the box in his hand on the decompression stop, acting very cautiously.
"It looks pretty good? You can give such a high evaluation! Then this marble sculpture must be very good, even invaluable!"
Matisse exclaimed, and his eyes suddenly became brighter.
He is extremely trusting of Ye Tian's vision, and it is absolutely impossible to miss it. This has been proven countless times, and it is close to the truth, no doubt!
Immediately after Matisse, Johnny's voice came through the headphones.
"Steven, can you tell us something? This is the work of that master sculptor. We don't really know the master sculptor before the eighteenth century!"
"No problem! I can tell you about this sculpture. I have identified it as a sculpture by Giovanni Bernini, a famous Italian Baroque artist in the 17th century!
Bernini is the most outstanding Baroque art sculptor and an extremely outstanding master of architectural design. He is known as the greatest master of art in the seventeenth century and has created many classic works!
In addition, he is also a painter, draftsman, stage designer, firework maker, and funeral designer, and he has achieved outstanding achievements in almost every field involved.
I never thought that the sculpture of Bernini could be displayed on the Princess of Malaga, and it was the work of 166o at the peak of his artistic career. This is a huge surprise! "
Ye Tian explained the situation of the Poseidon sculpture, his tone and expression were very excited.
While explaining, he always stared at the box placed on the decompression stop, his vision was so hot that he couldn't bear to move away.
As soon as his voice fell, an exclamation sounded in the headset.
"Oh my God! It is actually Bernini's sculpture. Even if we are idiots about antique art, we know this master of art! He is a famous figure in art history! Who doesn't know?"
"Yes! We know not only his name, but also his famous representative works, group portrait sculptures ‘Apollo and Daphna’, architectural design works ‘The Colonnade of St. Peter’s Basilica’ and so on.
These are all top-notch works of art, each of which is invaluable and can be met but not sought! Since this sea **** Poseidon is Bernini's peak work, it must be the top art! Extremely rare! "
"Steven, can you tell everyone about the market value of this sculpture? I think everyone wants to know the answer! Surely it's invaluable?"
Raymond couldn't wait to ask, his tone full of expectation.
The others are the same, wanting to know the value of this sculpture, and they all echoed.
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately chuckled, and then gave the answer.
"It seems that everyone knows about Bernini, so I won't sell it. Based on the current market situation of antique art, combined with the situation of this sculpture itself, my valuation is about 120,000 US dollars.
If you use the media to promote the hype, dig out the hidden story behind this sculpture, and then send it to the top auction, it is possible to sell it at a sky-high price of more than 20 million US dollars! "
Before he could finish speaking, there was a crazy exclamation in the headset.
"US$20 million? I heard it right? It's just a small sculpture. Even if it comes from Bernini, the price is too exaggerated, it's incredible!"
"Oh my God! This is a huge surprise. I didn't expect that the Malaga Princess was not only filled with gold and silver treasures, but there was such a top art piece of art. It was really a big profit!"
"Hahaha, guys, you heard it right, it's 20,000 US dollars! This is the value of top art works, which is by no means comparable to those gold and silver treasures!
It is a pity that this is only a small sculpture, and the price can only reach this level at best. If it is a large sculpture or group sculpture, it is normal to be worth more than 100 million US dollars!
Of course, large sculptures or group sculptures cannot appear on the sunken ship, and it is also very difficult to salvage. To be honest, it is a fluke to be able to show this sea **** Poseidon! "
Ye Tian said with a big smile, very proud.
Hearing these words, naturally there was another exclamation in the headset!
It wasn't until two or three minutes later that everyone's emotions calmed down, and the exclamation and admiration in the headset finally disappeared.
During this period, Ye Tian used the auxiliary equipment on the decompression stop to fix the box containing the sculpture of Poseidon, preparing to use the decompression stop to bring it to the surface of the sea.
After confirming that the box was fixed and would not fall into the sea, Ye Tian reminded Raymond and the others at the middle depth.
"Guys, I put the box with the sculpture on the decompression stop. You must be careful when you change the gas cylinder and battery pack later. Don't crush this box!
You'd better suppress your curiosity, don't open the box to enjoy it on the bottom of the sea, when we finish exploring and return to the yacht, there is time to appreciate, don't worry! "
"OK! Steven, we know!"
"Yes! It seems that I will have to suffer for a while, I will be able to see that top art piece later"
A few responses came from the headset, and everyone was very excited.
After talking about the sculpture, Ye Tian and Matisse began to replace the gas cylinders they carried, as well as the battery packs for the two submersible thrusters.
It didn't take long before they had replaced them, and then left the decompression stop one after another and swam again to the treasure ship of the Malaga Princess nearby.
After they swim out about five meters, the decompression stop slowly rises, preparing to return to the middle water depth.
There, Raymond and Johnny are waiting, and they are also preparing to replace the gas cylinder and battery pack.
Soon, Ye Tian and Matisse swam to the top of the main deck of the Malaga Princess.
The two decks on the upper floor of the ship have been explored. The goal to be explored this time is the ship floor deck, which is also the largest area of the entire ship building.
After exploring here, it's time to enter the cabin below the main deck, that's the real highlight!
As before, Ye Tian and the others left their submersible thrusters on the main deck, found a place to tie them up, and then swam to the ship building together.
"Matisse, the area of the ship's deck is relatively large, and the internal space of each cabin is sufficient. Let's explore together, so that it is convenient for each other to take care of each other!"
While swimming forward, Ye Tian said through headphones.
"No problem, Steven, even if you don't say it, I am going to make this suggestion. Compared with the upper two decks, the attack on the deck is more violent and the situation inside the cabin is more complicated!
Coupled with the relatively large area of these cabins, they are ideal hiding places and havens for many marine benthic creatures. Who knows if there are any marine killers hidden inside, it is better to be careful! "
Matisse nodded in response, agreeing with this arrangement.
While they were talking, the two had already swam to the door of a cabin on the left of the ship's deck.
After a short pause before approaching the cabin door, Ye Tian stretched out his hand and opened the concealed cabin door, swinging his legs to swim in first.
Immediately afterwards, Matisse also followed. The distance between the two was not far, so it was convenient to take care of each other.
As Matisse said before, the attack here is more violent than the two decks above the ship!
On the left side of the bulkhead next to the sea, there are five or six holes smashed by solid shells. The large one has a diameter of fifty to sixty centimeters, and the small one has a diameter of ten to twenty centimeters. It is shocking!
In addition to these holes, the bulkhead is full of cracks, like a spider web, sloppy, making people a little worried about whether this bulkhead will fall apart immediately!
The situation in the cabin was also very tragic. Many things were broken and fractured by the solid shells that penetrated the bulkhead. There were holes and cracks everywhere, as well as burn marks!
There are two gun positions in this cabin. Because the sailboat tilted to the right and sank, the guns on the two gun positions all got out of position and slid to the right side of the cabin.
Here, Ye Tian saw the corpse for the first time. Of course, this was the first time he saw the corpse on the Malaga Princess!
It was the corpse of a crew member, crushed under a 12-pound cannon, and his death was quite miserable and bones! Looks a bit cripple!
In addition, there were more than a dozen wooden crates in this cabin, which looked like ammunition boxes and gunpowder boxes ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ all slid to the right side of the cabin and piled up together.
In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian looked at the situation of this cabin and quickly made a judgment.
There is no value in exploring, it is not worth wasting time here, you can go to the next cabin.
Just in case, before making a decision, he secretly turned on the perspective and thoroughly looked through the entire cabin, so as not to miss any valuable treasures!
It's a pity that there are many red and orange gleams in his eyes, but they are of little value!
The two 12-pound guns are worth a bit of money, but compared with the cost of salvaging them and transporting them back to the United States, they are not worth mentioning! Can't afford to worry! ...
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