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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 480

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:37:31 PM


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There are too many and precious things in front. Yang Jing is numb when he looks at them. But when he opened the last wooden box, the contents immediately attracted his eyes.

This box is much smaller than the boxes containing sculptures and oil paintings in front. It is almost as big as the boxes containing jewelry and gemstones. When Yang Jing opened it, the colorful "eggs" with a length of about 10 cm to 15 cm and different images immediately aroused Yang Jing's interest.

"Shit, these are not all legendary Russian colored eggs?" although she has recognized the identity of these "eggs", Yang Jing still can't believe that there are as many as 16 Russian colored eggs in front of her.

Russian colored eggs, also known as Easter colored eggs, are unique in the world because they are made by the famous Russian jewelry master Peter Karl Faberge, so they are also called "Faberge colored eggs" to commemorate the outstanding jewelry master.

Around the world, eggs are loved and worshipped by many nationalities, but drawing colored eggs is a unique traditional custom of the Slavic nation, and the Russians retain this artistic custom to this day.

Russians depict their love, dreams and aspirations on colored eggs, which is the condensation of Russian soul and art. For Russians, colored eggs can bring health, beauty, strength and wealth.

Because the colored egg is related to the traditional religious customs of Russia, it is a necessary thing for some religious festivals, especially an important celebration instrument for believers at Easter. People treat the colored egg as an icon and protect it at home. The Russians also welcomed the new little life with colored eggs.

Although Russia is located in the far north of Europe, Russian jewelry has a long history and a high position in the jewelry industry. In the early Easter of 1885, in order to comfort the queen Maria married from Denmark, Russian Czar Alexander III specially ordered an exquisite colored egg from the Faberge craft production line of the royal jewelry design company to give it to the queen as an Easter gift.

So Faberge began to study how to make this colored egg, ready to impress queen Maria.

Under such circumstances, the world's first Easter egg was born.

This colored egg looks ordinary on the surface, but to everyone's surprise, there is an egg made of gold in the eggshell outside the white enamel. Inside the egg is a small golden hen. In the golden hen's belly, there is a mini crown inlaid with diamonds and a miniature egg made of ruby.

The layers of "mechanism" hidden in the little Easter egg brought great surprise to the queen, and Maria loved Faberge's gift. Alexander III immediately ordered Faberge to design a unique Easter egg as a tribute every year, and must make the queen happy.

Therefore, since that year, Faberge has designed and made one or two Easter eggs for the Russian royal family every year. It has taken a total of 33 years from Alexander III to the resignation of the last Russian Czar Nicholas II.

During this period, beifage produced a total of 61 colored eggs, of which 52 still exist in the world. Among them, there are 54 czar colored eggs made for the Russian royal family, and 47 still exist in the world.

At the beginning, the value of these Faberge eggs was not recognized by the world. When the earliest Faberge eggs were auctioned, the value of one was only less than $500. But with the passage of time, Faberge eggs are more and more recognized, and their value is rolling up.

By 2015, as long as any Faberge egg is taken out for auction, the starting price is tens of millions of dollars. Now the most conservative estimate is that the value of a Faberge egg is as high as $33 million!

Sixteen Faberge eggs suddenly appeared in front of us, which is the value of more than 500 million US dollars!

If you don't have money, put it aside first. The key is that this kind of Faberge eggs is really rare. There are only 52 left in the world, which can't be seen on the market at all.

But Yang Jing suddenly felt that something was wrong, it was wrong in quantity.

Faberge produced a total of 61 Faberge colored eggs, which is recognized all over the world. Among them, 54 were exclusively for the Russian royal family, and the other seven were specially ordered by Alexander Kirch, the then Russian mining giant, from Faberge art production factory. These seven colored eggs are also known as "Croat colored eggs".

But the problem is, at present, the only 52 Faberge eggs in the world are owned by famous flowers. How can 16 eggs appear here? Even if the lost nine eggs are included in the sixteen eggs, the total number is seven more eggs!

Didn't Faberge make these eggs himself?

However, Yang Jing thought about it and thought it was unlikely that the colored eggs that could be singled out by Nicholas II and stored in a wooden box could not be made by Faberge himself?

Moreover, Yang Jing knows that another important reason why fabei hot eggs are precious is that the shape and style of each fabei hot egg are unique. Among the 16 eggs in front of him, although the color and shape are different, the style of 12 eggs is a complete set!

Don't ask Yang Jing how he can see that the style of these 12 colored eggs is a set. He can see it! It is estimated that another person can see it, especially the Chinese.

Because of the 12 colored eggs with different shapes and colors, a very magical animal shape is carved on the outside of each colored egg, from the mouse to the cow, tiger, little rabbit, the legendary Chinese Dragon... All the way to the silly looking pig.

This is clearly a set of colored eggs designed and made with the theme of the Chinese Zodiac!

But in historical records, Faberge has never designed and made such colored eggs based on the blueprint of the Chinese zodiac. What's the matter with these colored eggs?

This problem has been dusty for a century. Even if Yang Jing's IQ is as high as 147, he doesn't understand it. Since you don't understand, don't waste your brain cells thinking. In that turbulent era, anything can happen, so you'd better use the holy ring!

After identification, the 16 colored eggs were all made by Faberge. Yang Jing always believed that the identification of the holy ring could not be wrong.

A total of nine Faberge eggs were lost, all of which came from the collection of the Russian royal family, such as the Czar Sapphire Pendant eggs made in 1886, the little angel horse drawn cart eggs made in 1888, the necessary eggs made in 1889, and the Alexander III Memorial eggs made in 1909, Not in modern times.

However, the four Faberge eggs lost by the Russian royal family have now all appeared among the 16 eggs.

As for the remaining twelve colored eggs, as Yang Jing guessed, they were also made by Faberge, who secretly made them for Nicholas II for five years.

The twelve colored eggs were made by Faberge from early 1900 to October 1904. It took a total of five years. In terms of time, Yang Jing believes that the twelve colored eggs should be specially prepared by Faberge to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Nicholas II's accession to the throne.

Nicholas II is an ambitious guy. Everyone knows that when he was in office, he was very interested in China in the Far East, especially in the northeast of China. As a czar determined to unify the Far East, Nicholas II has been very interested in Chinese culture since he became king. In his opinion, in order to rule the Far East, as a czar, he must understand the culture and living habits of the people in that area.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Faberge came up with such a way to please Nicholas II.

The Chinese zodiac is a very famous cultural custom in China, and the animals in the Chinese zodiac are very cute. Make a set of colored eggs based on the Chinese Zodiac as a gift for the 10th anniversary of Nicholas II's accession to the throne, so the great czar will like it very much. Especially at this time when the war between Japan and Russia is in full swing, using such a set of colored eggs as a gift also indicates that Russia will win the hard war.

I'm afraid that's what Faberge thought at that time.

Although Yang Jing doesn't know why Faberge made such a set of colored eggs, it's not too much to guess!

Anyway, there is no record of this set of colored eggs of the Chinese zodiac in history. Perhaps Nicholas II liked this set of colored eggs too much and collected them privately, or maybe some other reason led to the fact that this set of colored eggs was not known by outsiders.

Just as there was no news about the colored eggs made by Faberge in 1904 and 1905, according to Faberge's habit, he would present two Easter eggs to the Russian royal family every year, but the four colored eggs in those two years were silent, and future generations did not even know the names and shapes of the four colored eggs presented in those two years.

Similarly, this set of colored eggs dedicated to Nicholas II in 1904 has no historical record for some reason.

However, whether there are records or not, this is not important for Yang Jing now. Importantly, the sixteen Faberge eggs now belong to him, especially a set of extremely precious colored eggs of the Chinese zodiac.

Silently wrapped the last box with consciousness and took it out. Yang Jing took a long breath.

With a big stretch, Yang Jing walked out of the cabin with satisfaction.

These two months have not been wasted. This last Tsar's treasure alone is worth the trip!





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