Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 96 Tiger Tooth and Porcelain Statue

Compared to the rifles that preceded them, this pair of .0.577-inch blunt .

This kind of situation is not uncommon in civilian weapons, especially for some noble or rich people, they naturally hope that their weapons can be different, so they will spend extra money to decorate their weapons.

Also because of these decorations, the value of the two double-barreled elephant sedan pistols in front of Liang En and the others will be much higher than the ordinary version of the pistols, and naturally they are also more valuable.

"If it is a mass-produced version, these two pistols will cost about 2500 pounds, but now this kind of pistol with exquisite sculptures is not cheap. If there are no problems, it can sell for about 4000 pounds." Soon, Liang En gave an estimate.

"That is to say, the firearms here alone cost more than 1 pounds." After hearing Liang En's quotation, Miss Black suddenly became excited.

"Yes, but this is the market price, not my purchase price." Liang En said with a smile. "After all, according to tradition, I am entitled to 40% of it, so I can only sell it to me for 6000 pounds."

"Of course you also have the right to sell these firearms to other people, but according to tradition, you need to pay me £4000 worth of them as a reward for finding these items."

"Of course, Mr. Liang, you deserve it." Miss Black nodded with a smile, and then said, "But we think we should read the contents of the last box before making a decision."

The box that Miss Black mentioned was found by Liang En in the dark compartment behind the cabinet before, and it was still covered with a thick layer of wax.

Liang En had seen this method of preserving items several times before, and it was basically for preserving all kinds of precious things.So everyone is naturally very curious about this box hidden in the mezzanine.

"It contains a book and a necklace." After taking out some tools from the bag to clean off the wax on the outside of the box and opening the box, Liang En saw what was inside the box.

The necklace is a silver necklace, the style is very simple, it looks like some metal rings are simply buckled together.However, there are unusual necklace pendants on top of the simple necklace.

"What kind of animal's teeth are these?" After seeing the pendant on the necklace in the box, Miss Black showed a curious look.Because the pendant hanging in the center of the necklace is a pair of huge teeth half inlaid on the silver base.

"It should be the tiger's teeth." After a brief inspection, Liang En said. "After all, the shape of this tooth should come from some kind of feline carnivore, and among these animals, only tigers have such large teeth."

Considering that the man who left the gun was obviously an army officer who often hunted in India during the colonial era, it is very reasonable to use his own trophies to make such a jewelry.

"This tooth is quite big." While Liang En was explaining, Fan Meng next to him took out a small tape measure and measured it, and quickly measured the size of this tooth. "16.6cm, it seems that this tiger was really a big guy back then."

"Let me see—" Fan Meng said so, and their client, Miss Black, also became interested, so she immediately took out her mobile phone and searched.Soon, she found content related to Indian tigers.

"You are right, this is indeed a big guy." Miss Black read into the mobile phone in her hand, "People in India often hunt Bengal tigers, and the canine teeth of Bengal tigers are generally 136mm, and this canine is obviously Get bigger."

"Also, the biggest tiger is the Siberian tiger, but that animal is mainly distributed in Siberia in Russia, the Korean Peninsula and the northeast of China. So it is impossible for the British officer in India to find this kind of tiger."

"It seems that this can be understood." Liang En looked at the necklace with the tiger's canine teeth and said, "Obviously, our Major Potter hunted a tiger that was bigger than the other tigers, so we chose A tiger's tooth was removed as an ornament."

"Considering that tigers are now protected animals all over the world, and this canine tooth is much larger than other normal canine teeth. So I think if you find the right person, this necklace should be able to sell for 3500 to 3700 pounds."

After taking away the silver necklace, Liang En put on white silk gloves and carefully took out the book from the box, then opened the book and checked it.

This is not a common publication, but a diary.After reading a few pages, Liang En discovered that this was Major Porter's diary, which recorded the major's time as an officer in the Indian Army.

"If this bunch of things are sold in a package, I think it should be sold for about 35000 pounds." After checking all the things, Liang En gave a simple estimate.

"Of course, I mean selling these things as a package. Because these things are related, they can be regarded as a whole and sold for a good price."

"Uh——I think it's more useful for me to keep this thing." Miss Black said after thinking about it. "I can give them to my grandfather, and then I'll be able to settle my current property taxes."

Obviously, for this rich lady, he can give this kind of gift to his elders.This is indeed the most appropriate way to deal with her.But the problem is, in this way, she will owe Liang En 14000 pounds.

"Sorry, I really don't have any cash right now." This Miss Black naturally knew that her current situation was not suitable for debt, so she quickly proposed a solution. "But I can pay with something if you want."

"Yes, you can quote for everything, but we have the right to choose." After discussing with Fan Meng in Chinese, Liang En stated the result of their final discussion.

Because the two of them think that the things that this young girl can take out are probably some bags or jewelry. Although second-hand things have a certain depreciation, they are easy to sell and are easier to exchange for cash.

What they didn't expect was that, after waiting downstairs for 15 minutes, in addition to some luxury items, the Ms. Black actually came downstairs with a bunch of things that looked obviously antique.

"This is something I bought with money in the past. If you like one, you can take it away." Miss Black said, and at the same time opened those boxes one by one.

"This is—" Just as the other party opened a wooden box originally containing red wine, Liang En's eyes suddenly froze because he saw a brown and green statue inside the box.

This statue is a standing statue of a smiling monk with a bare chest and belly. Its image is kind-hearted, smiling and leisurely.The statue holds a rosary in its left hand and a cloth bag in its right hand.

The whole statue adopts the decoration technique of revealing the body, using the flint red fired with the exposed body to express the color of the skin, and at the same time, it carefully depicts the facial expressions of the characters.As for the clothes, thick and shiny celadon is used to reflect the soft and smooth texture of the clothes.

In short, the whole statue makes people feel a kind of peace at first glance.And that just goes to show what a valuable work of art this statue is.

(End of this chapter)