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    In the tower behind the White Tower is the Treasure Hall, where many royal jewels are on display.  Among them are the royal scepter, horn and sword, the coronation robe, the crown, the scepter and the ball with a cross on the top, the royal crown covered with precious stones specially made for Queen Victoria, and many other dazzling wonders.  Rare treasure.  These jewelry are displayed in bright glass cabinets in the exhibition room. Visitors can only pass slowly on the automatic passage, and taking pictures is strictly prohibited. Fortunately, the distance is just right for Chu Chen's Lingbao Eye to be used.  Otherwise, such a good opportunity would have been missed.  "Achen, why are you smiling so happily?" After walking out of the treasure hall, Wu Ke couldn't help but asked curiously when he saw Chu Chen's beaming smile.  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "It's nothing, I just suddenly saw so many foreign treasures, and I felt very happy." Of course, the real situation is that the upgrade progress of his abilities has increased by nearly ten points.  Knowing that ten points represents an antique treasure worth one billion. If it were him, earning more than one billion would not be achieved in a short time. Now it is just a walk around, how can this not be achieved?  Make him happy.  After this experience of visiting the Tower of London, Chu Chen felt that 10 billion was really nothing. If he returned to China and visited the Forbidden City, he would probably be able to complete most of it. From this point of view, 100 billion is actually not much.  There are so many museums around the world. Once you visit them all, you should be able to complete them.  ¡°But if you really want to visit all the museums around the world, you can¡¯t do it in a short time. You can only do it slowly.  Chu Chen felt that it would be better for Wu Ke to start off after graduation, and it would be more interesting for two people to play together.  There are many flea markets in London.  And there is a fixed time every week for a dedicated antique market.  Greenwich Market on Friday, Notting Hill Antiques Market on Saturday, Liverpool Street Market on Sunday and Covent Garden Antiques Market on Monday.  Today happened to be Friday. After listening to Chu Chen's words, Wu Ke suggested with a smile: "Achen, in that case, let's go shopping at Greenwich Market later." Chu Chen nodded in agreement: "Okay.  Ah, but before we go, we have to fill our stomachs. I just heard someone's stomach growling! " "It's disgusting! " It's different from the lackluster local food.  London's foreign restaurants are very developed, and here you can easily find dishes from all over the world.  Not to mention the world-famous Chinese cuisine, French, Italian, Indian and Turkish restaurants are all over the streets of London.  What particularly surprised Chu Chen was that the Chinese restaurants here could actually be divided into different cuisines.  And the taste of some Chinese restaurants is quite authentic, which makes Chu Chen almost think that he is not in a foreign country. Of course, the authentic dishes also make Wu Ke feel hearty and addicted to eat.  After a pleasant lunch, the two took a taxi to Greenwich Market.  The location of the market is actually not far from where the two of them eat.  It takes less than twenty minutes by taxi.  In the eyes of Chinese people, markets often give people the impression of simple stalls with cheap and low-quality gadgets, but this is not the case here in England, for example.  The handicrafts on every stall here are full of personality and characteristics. These are exquisite works that contain the creativity and inspiration of the makers.  In addition to these carefully crafted handicrafts, other items include paintings and photography, antiques, skin care products, souvenirs, jewelry, delicacies from all over the world, etc.  There is everything in this market, here for Wu Ke.  It's like arriving in shopping paradise.  Seeing so many interesting things, Wu Ke instantly forgot the purpose of coming to the market.  Look here and there. Chu Chen was happy to see her and was ready to buy anything she was interested in. However, Wu Ke refused. In the end, he just bought a few essential oil soaps, a brand-name handbag, and some  Just small jewelry.  There is a food area in the market, which brings together delicacies and snacks from all over the world. When they were tired from shopping, the two of them went to the food area to rest for a while and eat some delicious snacks.  Looking at a few handbags on the side, Wu Ke said with some embarrassment: "I originally came to see antiques, but you didn't buy what you wanted, but you bought so much for me." Chu Chen smiled and said:  "What does this have to do with it? I came to England to see you. You must be the main priority in everything!" Hearing what Chu Chen said, Wu Ke felt sweet in her heart. She fed the cake in her hand to Chu Chen and used a tissue.  After wiping it, he stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the antique store here next!" After visiting several antique stores, Chu Chen didn't find anything he liked, but Wu Ke did.  Taobao?A Herm¨¨s perfume bottle from the 1960s, and it also came with the original box. The price was not expensive, which really surprised her.  Then, the two of them came to a small shop that specializes in carvings. Although the shop is not big, it has a lot of things, and they are all arranged in an orderly manner, making people feel very clean and refreshing.  ??And here, although there are not many domestic carvings, there are also quite a few, more than thirty, some of which look like high-quality products, which can't help but pique Chu Chen's interest.  But, things from foreigners may not always be authentic. Chu Chen carefully observed a few of them and found that they were either modern handicrafts or modern fakes, which were quite boring.  But the next thing he saw was a bamboo sculpture of an Arhat subduing a dragon, which made Chu Chen¡¯s eyes light up.  This image is made of bamboo roots. The Arhat has a broad forehead, beautiful eyes and a smile.  Wearing Zen clothes, he sits on a futon, holding a pearl in his right hand and playing with a dragon.  The dragon is placed above the left knee, looking up at the Arhat. The dragon is small in proportion and has a gentle expression, which further shows the power of the Arhat.  The Arhat Subduing the Dragon is one of the Eighteen Arhats. It is intended to embody the boundlessness of Buddhism and has become a frequent theme for carvers.  This Arhat carving is in good condition, cleverly conceived, and the knife technique is simple yet soft. Although it is small in size, it shows the world of Buddha within a square inch, which is the typical Arhat style of the Qing Dynasty.  What¡¯s more, what surprised Chu Chen was that the Arhat statue actually had the name of Shi Tianzhang carved in it.  Shi Tianzhang was a famous bamboo carver in the Qing Dynasty. "Bamboo Man Record" records Wang Mingshao's comment on Shi Tianzhang: "I have been practicing it since I was a child. I am the best at bamboo carving. The position of the hands and feet, the chic clothes, and the spiritual logic of the face are all very vivid."  The chicken skin and crane hair, the bones of the side ribs, the knotted throat and exposed teeth, can all be counted; the smile is so joyful, if there is a sound. " No wonder Chu Chen felt that the style of this statue was a bit familiar just now. It turned out to be a work carved by Shi Tianzhang. It was really the same.  An unexpected surprise.  Chu Chen looked at the price and saw that it was only 9,000 pounds, only 135,000 RMB. Buying it at this price was like picking up a big bargain.  When he entered the door just now, Chu Chen saw the sign on the store that said no counter-offering. He had been reminded by Wu Ke before, and he understood the rules here, so he simply asked the clerk to wrap up the things.  After picking up the leak once, Chu Chen's spirit immediately became high and he continued to read with great interest.  Although the next items are not as high-quality as before, I still bought a bamboo-carved pen holder and a mahogany-carved Ruyi. The price was also very cheap, which was equivalent to picking up two small leaks.  Although the quality of these two items is not too high, and Chu Chen himself would not collect such items, they are popular items in the domestic market and can be used as goods for his antique shop.  The last two carvings are the ivory carving and the horn carving.  Among them, the ivory carvings are made of ivory, using multi-layer relief techniques to carve the picture of the Canglong teaching his son. The Canglong is strong and majestic, appearing and disappearing, the dragon head is majestic, and the carving is delicate, which vividly expresses the majesty of the Canglong.  This vessel can be said to be ingeniously conceived, with exquisite carvings, dense patterns, and clear layers. It should be a masterpiece.  But what made Chu Chen sigh was that this tooth carving was a modern handicraft that was only completed in recent years.  As the saying goes, there is no killing without buying and selling. Chu Chen can't control others, but at least he can control himself. If it is an ancient ivory carving or horn carving, then he can still accept it, but since it is a modern ivory carving, even if it is priced  It was cheap and could be sold at a high price. Thinking about the elephants that had been poached, he was still grateful.  The last piece of horn carving is a rhino horn carved lychee cup in the style of the early Qing Dynasty.  The round sculpture of the cup is in the shape of a tree stump, with an open mouth, a narrowed belly and a concave bottom. The high relief around the cup features vivid twisted branches, overturned leaves and plump lychee fruits, showing the good and vigorous growth of lychees.  Upon careful observation, you can find that the ups and downs of the branches, the turning of the leaves, the growth status of the small branches, and even the subtle growth structure at the junction of the petiole and the branch are all vividly expressed by the author with simple knife techniques.  .  ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????And and the author engraved a different brocade on each lychee, showing extraordinary simplicity in the simplicity, can be described as unique ingenuity.  ???????????????????????????????????????????:  But what surprised Chu Chen was that this rhinoceros horn cup also had a famous model, and the author was You Tong, a famous craftsman during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. You know, he invented the rhinoceros horn carving dyeing process.  It is said that one time, Youtong's father borrowed a very beautifully carved rhinoceros horn cup from a relative. Youtong copied the cup and made an almost identical one, but the only flaw was the color of the imitation cup.??It should be lighter.  So Youtong thought of a way, picked some impatiens flowers (also known as nail grass), smashed them and dyed the new rhinoceros horn cup as carefully as if he were dyeing nails. As a result, even his relatives couldn't tell the difference.  Which one is the original and which one is the imitation.  Moreover, Youtong was famous for carving rhinoceros horn cups, and he was once recruited into the palace, and was known as "You rhino cup".  The rhinoceros horn immortal cup collected by the Palace Museum is his masterpiece, and its exquisite craftsmanship can be said to astonish the court.  (To be continued)
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