There are too many things in front of him and they are too precious, and Yang Jing looks numb when he looks at it.
But as soon as he opened the last small wooden box, the contents immediately caught his eye.
Compared with the boxes containing sculptures and oil paintings in front of it, this box is much smaller, about the same size as the box containing jewelry and gemstones, and when Yang Jing opened it, the "eggs" that were about ten to fifteen centimeters long, colorful, and different images immediately raised Yang Jing's interest.
"Damn, these can't all be legendary Russian eggs, right?"
Although he had recognized the identities of these "eggs", Yang Jing still couldn't believe that there were as many as sixteen Russian easter eggs in front of him.
Russian eggs, also known as Easter eggs, are unique in the world because they are made by the famous Russian jewelry master Peter Karl Fabergé, so this kind of easter egg is also called "Fabergé Easter eggs" to commemorate this outstanding jewelry master.
Eggs are loved and worshipped by many peoples all over the world, but egg painting is a traditional custom unique to Slavic peoples, and the Russians are the ones who have preserved this artistic custom to this day.
Russians depict their loves, dreams and visions on Easter eggs, which are the condensation of the Russian soul and art.
For Russians, easter eggs bring health, beauty, strength and abundance.
Since the egg is associated with traditional Russian religious practices, it is an essential item for some religious festivals, especially Easter.
People keep the eggs in their homes like icons and protectors.
Russians also greet new little life with easter eggs.
Despite Russia's location in the far north of Europe, Russian jewelry has a long history and a high status in the jewelry industry.
In the early days of Easter in 1885, in order to comfort the Empress Maria, who was married from Denmark, the Russian Tsar Alexander III specially ordered a delicate egg from the Royal Jewelry Design Company Fabergé Craft Productions to give the Empress as an Easter gift.
So Fabergé began to study how to make this easter egg, ready to impress Queen Maria.
In this case, the world's first Easter egg was born.
This egg looks plain on the outside, but to everyone's surprise, the white enamel shell contains an egg made of gold, and inside the egg is a small golden hen, and the golden hen has a miniature crown made of diamonds and a miniature egg made of rubies.
The layers of "traps" hidden in this small Easter egg surprise the Queen, and Maria fell in love with Fabergé's gift.
Alexander III immediately issued an edict asking Fabergé to design a unique Easter egg every year to pay tribute, and to the delight of the queen.
So, from that year on, Fabergé had to design and produce one or two Easter eggs for the Russian royal family every year, from Alexander III to the fall of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, a total of 33 years.
During this time, a total of 61 eggs were produced, of which 52 are still alive.
Of the 54 Tsarist eggs made for the Russian royal family, 47 are still alive.
In the beginning, the value of these Fabergé eggs was not recognized by the world, and when the earliest Fabergé eggs were auctioned, they were worth less than $500.
But as time goes by, Fabergé Easter eggs become more and more recognized, and their value is also rolling upward.
By 2015, as long as any Fabergé egg was put up for auction, the starting price was tens of millions of dollars.
The most conservative estimate is that a Fabergé egg is worth as much as $33 million!
And sixteen Fabergé Easter eggs appeared in front of me at once, which is worth more than half a billion dollars!
The key is that this kind of Fabergé Easter eggs are too rare, and there are only 52 left in the world, and they are not seen on the market at all.
It's just that Yang Jing suddenly felt that something was wrong, something was wrong in quantity.
Fabergé produced a total of 61 Fabergé eggs, which is recognized worldwide, of which 54 were reserved for the Russian royal family, and the other seven were ordered by the Russian mining giant at the time, Alexander Kirch, for the Fabergé art factory.
These seven easter eggs are also known as "Gram eggs".
But the problem is, all the 52 Fabergé eggs left in the world are famous, so why are there 16 eggs here?
Even if the 16 eggs include the nine missing eggs, the total number is seven more eggs!
Aren't these easter eggs made by Fabergé himself?
However, Yang Jing thought about it and felt that it was unlikely, how could the easter eggs that could be picked out by Nicholas II alone and preserved in a wooden box not be the easter eggs made by Fabergé himself?
And Yang Jing knows that another important reason why Fabergé Easter eggs are precious is that the shape and style of each Fabergé Easter egg are unique, and among the 16 Easter eggs in front of him, although the color and shape are different, the style of 12 Easter eggs is complete at first glance!
Don't ask Yang Jing how he can see that the style of these 12 easter eggs is a set, he can just see it!
It is estimated that it can be seen by another person, especially by Chinese people.
Because of these 12 Easter eggs of different shapes and colors, each Easter egg is carved with a very magical animal shape, starting from a mouse, to an old cow, a tiger, a rabbit, a legendary Chinese dragon, and finally to the little pig that looks innocent.
This is clearly a set of easter eggs designed and made with the theme of the Chinese zodiac!
But in historical records, Fabergé has never designed and produced this kind of easter eggs based on the 12 Chinese zodiac signs, so what are these easter eggs?
This kind of problem that has been sealed for a century, even if Yang Jing's IQ is as high as 147, he can't figure it out.
Since you can't figure it out, don't waste your brain cells thinking about it, anything can happen in that turbulent era, so it's better to just use the Holy Ring!
After identification, all 16 easter eggs were made by Fabergé.
It is impossible to make mistakes in the identification of the holy ring, and Yang Jing has always believed in this.
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A total of nine Fabergé eggs were lost, and all of them were from the Russian Imperial Collection, such as the Tsar Sapphire Pendant egg made in 1886, the Little Angel Carriage egg made in 1888, the necessary Easter egg made in 1889, and the Alexander III commemorative egg made in 1909, all of which are lost in the ranks and are not seen in modern times.
However, these four Fabergé eggs lost by the Russian royal family are now all in these sixteen eggs.
As for the remaining twelve easter eggs, as Yang Jing guessed, they were also made by Fabergé, and Fabergé spent five years secretly making them for Nicholas II.
The twelve eggs were made by Fabergé between the beginning of 1900 and October 1904, a total of five years.
From the perspective of time, Yang Jing believes that these twelve easter eggs should have been specially prepared by Fabergé to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Nicholas II's accession to the throne.
Nicholas II was an ambitious fellow, and everyone knows that during his reign he had a great interest in China in the Far East, especially in the Northeast, which was particularly coveted for China.
As a tsar determined to unify the Far East, Nicholas II has always been interested in Chinese culture since he ascended the throne, and in his opinion, in order to rule the Far East, as a tsar, he must understand the culture and living habits of the people in that region.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Fabergé would have come up with such a way to curry favor with Nicholas II.
The Chinese zodiac is a very famous cultural custom in China, and the animals in the zodiac are very cute, using the zodiac as a model to make a set of easter eggs, as a gift for the tenth anniversary of Nicholas II's accession to the throne, then the great Tsar His Majesty will definitely like it.
Especially at this time, when the Russo-Japanese War was in full swing, using such a set of easter eggs as a gift also indicated that Russia would win in that difficult war.
I am afraid that this was what Fabergé had in mind at that time.
Although Yang Jing didn't know why Fabergé made such a set of easter eggs, it would not be too much to guess for himself!
Anyway, there is no record of this set of zodiac eggs in history, maybe Nicholas II liked this set of easter eggs too much and privately treasured it, or maybe it was some other reason that caused this set of easter eggs to not be known to outsiders.
Just as there is no news about the Easter eggs made by Fabergé in 1904 and 1905, according to Fabergé's habit, he would present two Easter eggs to the Russian royal family every year, but the four Easter eggs in those two years were silent, and later generations do not even know the names and shapes of the four Easter eggs presented in those two years.
Similarly, this set of easter eggs, which was dedicated to Nicholas II in 1904, for unknown reasons, is also not recorded.
However, whether there is a record or not, this point is not important to Yang Jing now.
The important thing is that these sixteen Fabergé eggs are now completely his, especially since there is also a set of extraordinarily precious Zodiac eggs.
Silently wrapped the last bite of the box with his consciousness and took it out, Yang Jing let out a long breath.
Stretching a big lazy waist, Yang Jing walked out of the cabin satisfied.
More than two months have not been in vain, and this last tsar's treasure alone is enough to make the trip worthwhile!