Li Hongzhang, as the only foreign minister in the late Qing Dynasty, left a strong mark in modern history, and his descendants were very low-key and rarely appeared in the public. However, his nephew Li Yinxuan handed over all the antiques before he died.
Li Yinxuan
1911
Born in Shanghai, he is the fifth grandson of Li Hongzhang, from a young age is very fond of antiques and cultural relics, quite fond of bronzes and ancient coins, when he was more than ten years old, he has collected coins, over the years he has collected 30,000 ancient coins and badges.
Even though he was from the Lee family
The clan does not want to live with the aura of the ancestors, but instead uses the pseudonym Bao Shengfu, dressed in well-made Changsha, shuttling back and forth between the major antique shops in Shanghai, no one knows his real name, can only hear his Suzhou accent, called Mr. Bao by the bosses.
at
1945
Year
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He became acquainted with Ma Dingxiang, a numismatic expert on the mainland
The two quickly mingled together
To exchange experience in buying ancient coins, the two will also bargain back and forth over a precious ancient coin. Once, Ma Dingxiang bought a white jade snuff bottle, the printed picture on it turned out to be a portrait of Li Hongzhang wearing a flower plume, which looked very realistic, Li Yinxuan took it in his hand to play, stunned, Ma Dingxiang saw that he was quite fond of it, and gave it away.
Li Yinxuan also loves to collect bronzes from
1930
Since the beginning of the year, it has been collected
200
Every time he bought an ancient artifact, he would open the ancient book to check the historical value behind it, and he also specially selected a study to put the bronze in it, and the key would be carried with him.
During a decade of unrest
1972
year
Li Yinxuan died of cerebral hemorrhage, and before he died, he told his wife Qiu Hui to hand over all the collections to the state.
1979
In 2008, Qiu Hui officially donated cultural relics, which experts believe are worth more than one billion yuan after research.