Bab 761: Chapter 761: Poseidon, God of the Sea
"Steven, what's in this box? It maked you so careful!"
Seeing Ye Tian approaching with a box in his arms, Matisse immediately asked curiously.
"It is a small marble sculpture. The theme of the sculpture is Poseidon, the god of the sea, holding a trident. The sculpture is very exquisite and extremely vivid!
When I was exploring the Captain's Cabin, I found it in a cabinet because it was a marble sculpture, so it was well preserved and looked pretty good, so I brought it here."
Ye Tian smiled and explained a few words, then put the box in his hand on the decompression stop, acting very cautiously.
"Looks pretty good? To you can give such a high evaluation, Then this marble sculpture must be very good, even priceless!"
Matisse exclaimed, and his eyes suddenly became brighter.
For Ye Tian's vision, he is extremely trustworthy, and it is absolutely impossible to miss it. This has been proven countless times, and it is close to the truth, there is no doubt!
Immediately after Matisse, Johnny's voice came through the earphones.
"Steven, can you tell me something? This is the work of a master sculptor? I really don't know much about master sculptors before the eighteenth century!"
"No problem! I can tell you about this sculpture. I have identified it as a sculpture by Giovanni Bernini, a famous Italian Baroque artist in the 17th century!
Bernini is the most outstanding Baroque art sculptor and an extremely outstanding master of architectural design. He is known as the greatest master of art in the seventeenth century and has created many classic works!
In addition, he is also a painter, draftsman, stage designer, firework maker, and funeral designer, and he has made outstanding achievements in almost every field involved.
I never thought that I could find Bernini's sculpture on the Malaga's Princess, and it was a work from the peak of his artistic career, around 1660. It was a huge surprise!"
Ye Tian explained the situation of the Poseidon's sculpture, his tone and expression were very excited.
While explaining, he always stared at the box placed on the decompression stop, his vision was so attracted that he couldn't bear to move away.
As soon as his voice fell, an exclamation sounded in the earphones.
"God! It is actually a Bernini's sculpture. Even if we are idiots about antique art, we know this master of art! He is a famous figure in art history! Who doesn't know?"
"Yes! We not only know his name, but also his famous representative works, group portrait sculptures "Apollo and Daphne", architectural design works "Colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica" and so on.
These are all top-notch works of art, each of which is invaluable and can be met but not bought! Since this sea god Poseidon is Bernini's peak work, it must be the top art! Extremely rare!"
"Steven, can you tell everyone about the market value of this sculpture? I think everyone wants to know the answer! Surely it's invaluable?"
Raymond asked impatiently, his tone full of expectation.
The others are the same, wanting to know the value of this sculpture, and they all echoed.
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately chuckled, and then gave the answer.
"It seems that everyone knows about Bernini, so I won't tell about him. Based on the current market situation of antique art, combined with the situation of this sculpture itself, my valuation is about 12 million U.S. dollars.
If you use the media to promote the hype, dig out the hidden story behind this sculpture, and then send it to a top auction house, it is possible reach a sky-high price of more than 20 million U.S. dollars!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a crazy exclamation in the headset.
"20 million dollars? I heard it right? It's just a small sculpture. Even if it comes from Bernini, the price is too exaggerated. It's incredible!"
"Oh my God! This is a huge surprise. I didn't expect that the Malaga's Princess was not only filled with gold and silver treasures, but there was such a top art piece of art. It was a real profit!"
"Hahaha, guys, you heard it right, it's 20 million US dollars! This is the value of top art works, which is by no means comparable to those gold and silver treasures!
It is a pity that this is only a small sculpture, and the price can only reach this level at best. If it is a large sculpture or group sculpture, it would normal to be worth more than 100 million US dollars!
Of course, it is impossible for large sculptures or group sculptures to appear on the sunken ship, and it is also very difficult to salvage. To be honest, it is a fluke to be able to find this sea god Poseidon!"
Ye Tian said with a big smile, very proud.
Hearing these words, naturally there was another exclamation in the earphones!
It wasn't until two or three minutes later that everyone's emotions calmed down, and the exclamation and admiration in the headset finally disappeared.
During this period, Ye Tian used the auxiliary equipment on the decompression stop to tie the box containing the sculpture of Poseidon, and planned to use the decompression stop to bring it to the surface of the sea.
After confirming that the box had been tied and would not fall into the sea, Ye Tian reminded Raymond and the others at the middle depth.
"Guys, I put the box with the sculpture on the decompression stop. You must be careful when you replace the gas cylinder and battery pack later. Don't crush this box!
You'd better suppress your curiosity, don't open the box to enjoy it on the bottom of the sea, when we finish exploring and return to the yacht, there is time to appreciate it, don't worry!"
"OK! Steven, we know!"
"Right! It seems that I will have to suffer for a while before I can see that top art piece of art later."
There were a few responses from the headset, and everyone was very excited.
After talking about the sculpture, Ye Tian and Matisse began to replace the gas cylinders they carried, as well as the battery packs for the two submersible thrusters.
It didn't take long before they had replaced them, and then left the decompression stop one after another and swam again to the treasure ship, Malaga's Princess, nearby.
When they swim out about five meters, the decompression stop begins to rise slowly, preparing to return to the middle water depth.
There, Raymond, Orlando and Johnny are waiting, and they are also preparing to replace the gas cylinder and battery pack.
Soon, Ye Tian and Matisse swam to the top of the main deck of the Malaga's Princess.
The two decks on the ship's upper floor have been explored. The goal to be explored this time is the first deck of the ship, which is also the largest area of the ship.
After exploring here, it's time to enter the cabin below the main deck, that's the real highlight!
As before, Ye Tian and Matisse left their submersible propellers on the main deck, found a place to tie them up, and then swam to the ship deck together.
"Matisse, the area of the first deck of the ship is relatively large, and the internal space of each cabin is sufficient. Let's explore together, so that it will be convenient for each us care of each other!"
While swimming forward, Ye Tian said through headphones.
"No problem, Steven, even if you don't tell me, I would make this suggestion. Compared with the upper two decks, the first deck encounters more violent attacks and the interior of the cabin is more complicated!
Coupled with the relatively large area of these cabins, they are ideal hiding places and havens for many benthic creatures. Who knows if there are any marine killers hidden inside, it is better to be careful!"
Matisse nodded in response, agreeing with this arrangement.
While they were talking, the two had already swam to the door of a cabin on the left side of the first deck of the ship.
After a short pause before approaching the cabin door, Ye Tian stretched out his hand and opened the concealed cabin door, swinging his legs to swim in first.
Immediately afterwards, Matisse also followed, and the distance between the two was not far, so it was convenient for each of them to take care of each other.
As Matisse said before, the attack here was more violent than the two decks above in the ship!
On the left side of the bulkhead next to the sea, there are five or six holes made by solid shells. The large ones have a diameter of fifty to sixty centimeters, and the small ones have a diameter of ten to twenty centimeters.
In addition to these holes, the bulkhead is also full of cracks, like a spider web, sloppy, and people would be a little worried about whether this bulkhead will fall apart immediately!
The situation in the cabin was also very tragic. Many things were broken and fractured by the solid shells that penetrated the bulkhead. There were holes and cracks everywhere, as well as burn marks!
There are two gun positions in this cabin. Because the sailboat tilted to the right and sank, the artillery on the two gun positions all got out of position and slid to the right side of the cabin.
Here, Ye Tian saw a skeleton for the first time on the Malaga's Princess!
It was the skeleton of a crew member, crushed under a 12-pound cannon, and his death was rather miserable!
In addition, there were more than a dozen wooden crates in this cabin, which looked like ammunition boxes and gunpowder boxes. They all slid to the right side of the cabin and piled up in a mess.
In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian looked at the situation of the cabin and quickly made a judgment.
There is no value for exploration, it is not worth wasting time here, they can go to the next cabin.
Just in case, before making a decision, he secretly turned on the perspective to see through the entire cabin thoroughly, so as not to miss any valuable treasures!
It's a pity that there are a lot of red and orange gleams in his eyes, but they are of little value!
The two 12-pound guns are worth a bit of money, but compared with the cost of salvaging them and transporting them back to the United States, they are not worth the hard work!
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