Chapter 355: Ancient Paintings Come to the World
When Mr. Tian Fengyuan returned home, his wife put down her work, came out of the kitchen, and said to him: "Just just now, someone from a courier company brought you a package. It was quite large and placed in your room. What did you buy?"
Mr. Tian said with some confusion: "I didn't buy anything. You know I don't know how to shop online, so it wasn't that my granddaughter bought it."
"No, I asked Tian Tian, and she said it was not hers. You can go and see it yourself. I'll cook." The old lady said and went back to the kitchen.
Mr. Tian came to the room and saw a very large box on the desk. The box was a bit flat, but it was not small, occupying half of the desktop.
"What's the matter?" He looked outside and didn't see the express tag. Old Tian took out a paper cutter and cut the box seal. When he opened it, he saw the things inside clearly, and he was completely alone.
Vacuum storage box, Mr. Tian knew this kind of thing. There are several ways to preserve ancient paintings, such as choosing to store them in a place with appropriate ventilation and temperature and humidity, using certain special paints to cover the surface of ancient paintings to reduce the oxidation speed, and home decoration glass passports. Of course, there are also vacuum storage boxes, but generally those that are extremely expensive, only vacuum storage boxes will be used. After all, this thing is very expensive.
The vacuum storage box is nothing, the most important thing is that he saw the painting inside through the glass cover, which really shocked him.
"It's Wu Daozi's "Sitting Image of Guanyin Master". Didn't he be stolen a few days ago? How could he appear here?" the old man murmured.
There have been reports on the theft of François's private museum in China, and the newspaper also wrote in detail the list of stolen items. The one that people in China are more concerned about is Wu Daozi's "Sitting Image of Guanyin Master". Mr. Tian Fengyuan naturally knew the news.
What surprised him was why this painting appeared in his home, who sent it to him, and why it was sent to him.
After seeing the painting, Mr. Tian quickly threw these thoughts behind his mind. He opened the drawer and took out a magnifying glass, then lay on the painting, and through the glass cover, he began to carefully study the ancient painting.
A long time later, the door was opened, and a young girl came in and said, "Grandpa, it's time to eat."
"Oh, OK, dinner."
The old man answered unconsciously. Then he straightened his waist and hanged it gently twice. He was too focused just now, but he saw that it took half an hour to see that his waist was sore.
"You are not paying attention to your health again, what are you looking at?" The girl saw her grandfather's actions and stepped forward to rub the old man's waist and asked.
"Let me take a look at an ancient painting, let grandpa see how much you have learned." The old man said with a smile. The origin of family learning is that the girl is still in college. However, she majored in history and also learned some of her grandpa's ability to appreciate antiques.
The girl glanced at the vacuum storage box and said, "It's luxurious enough. Just this vacuum box costs tens of thousands. What kind of painting is placed in it."
The girl looked into the glass cover. She didn't care at first, but when she saw it clearly, she was stunned.
"Ah, it's it, what's it? Ah, is it the original work of Wu Daozi? The picture of Guanyin sitting image." The girl finally called out.
"It's the "Sitting Image of Guanyin Master"." Mr. Tian corrected.
"Grandpa, wasn't he stolen? How could he be in our house?" the girl said in surprise.
"Grandpa doesn't know why he appeared in our house. Your grandma said it was delivered by express delivery, but I didn't see the express delivery order." The old man said.
The girl also looked around the box curiously. There was indeed no express delivery order. The girl didn't give up and wanted to move it up and look at the back, but when she raised a corner, she found an envelope under the box.
"Grandpa, there is a letter." The girl shouted.
Mr. Tian quickly took out the letter and looked at the envelope. It was empty, but he felt something inside.
Open the envelope, take out a piece of folded white paper from it, and expand it. It was a letter printed with a printer on it.
"Hello, Mr. Tian Fengyuan, you may have a lot of doubts when you saw that painting. I was an overseas wanderer and accidentally got this painting by Saint Wu Daozi. He is a treasure of China. It has been passed down for thousands of years, but was plundered by Western powers during the Qing Dynasty and became an overseas wanderer.
I understand his mood. Although he is just a painting, I can hear his voice. He wants to go home and return to his homeland. The great powers used plunder to take him away from his motherland, but they blatantly placed him in their museums and show off as their spoils, until today.
Maybe the way I got this painting was a bit extreme, but didn’t Westerners always claim that power is the truth? Well, since anyone who got it belongs to me, I’ll snatch it up.
This painting is delivered to you, and I hope to pass it on to China through you, because this painting belongs to China.
The wanderers stay overseas.”
"Grandpa, do you think this overseas wanderer is the thief? I have read the report. It is said that they emptied the museum of François, a French collector who had fought with you. There are more than 6 collections. Until now, the French police have not been able to find out who stole the things. The newspapers joked about the French police. Now they have not even analyzed the thieves' theft, which has caused the French police to lose face." The girl said.
"I have also read this news. I think this painting is probably one of the stolen items in that theft case, and it is the most precious one. I just don't know why he came to China. Why did the thieves stole this priceless painting so deliberately, but why did they hand it over to the country?" said Mr. Tian.
"I must be a Chinese person, and a thief," the girl said with a smile.
"You, how could there be so many thieves? I watched too much TV." The old man smiled.
"By the way, grandma, I'm teaching you to have a meal." The girl suddenly remembered the purpose of coming in.
"I won't eat anymore, I'll call to contact me. You guys can eat first." The old man said, picking up the phone and starting to call.
Not long after, three people who are important in the collection industry in China, Liu Yuliang, Director of the Palace Museum, Miao Honggang, Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and Deng Yuzhou, Dean of the History Department of Peking University, gathered at Tian Fengyuantian's hometown.
Chapter completed!