Several people carefully selected, and they actually found several landscape paintings by Vladimir. Chen Lan thought, perhaps this Vladimir was not too famous at this time?
Chen Lan didn't care if he was famous or not. She naturally accepted them all, planning to buy as many as there were.
Since none of them knew much about oil paintings, they chose many that caught their eye and seemed good, especially Vladimir's oil paintings, of which they bought the most. They purchased a total of five landscape paintings by him. As Andrey had said, the prices were not expensive at all; they could be described as cheap.
After Xu Mingxuan quickly paid the full amount, the sales assistant at the oil painting exhibition hall was very happy. While carefully packing each oil painting, she enthusiastically suggested that Chen Lan and the others go to the jewelry exhibition hall next door. The sales assistant warmly introduced, "Madam, there are many good things in the jewelry exhibition hall next door. They are all very exquisite and beautiful. I believe you will really like them after you see them!"
Chen Lan smiled and nodded, saying thank you to Xi in Russian. The group then put the packed oil paintings into the baskets they had brought and exited the oil painting exhibition hall to the adjacent jewelry exhibition hall. As soon as they entered, the sales assistant at the jewelry exhibition hall also greeted them enthusiastically.
Looking at the dazzling array of various jewels, Chen Lan's eyes were momentarily blinded by the dazzling variety of jewelry before her. To be honest, Chen Lan was just an ordinary person in her previous life and had no knowledge of jewelry. She only knew that Russia's most famous jewelry was the Easter egg, which was rare and hard to come by, so she didn't dare to dream of owning one. As for other jewelry, she knew nothing about it and could only marvel at its novelty, not understanding any of the intricacies. Thus, she didn't know where to start looking.
Chen Lan couldn't help but stand in front of a display case and space out. Xu Mingxuan saw this and asked the sales assistant in Russian about the stories behind these jewels. The sales assistant pointed to the jewelry displayed in the center of the cabinet and explained, "Madam, Sir, the pieces displayed in the center are all works designed by the master jeweler Peter Anchilov. His most famous work is the 'Lover's Eye' earring series. If you look closely, in each of his works, he meticulously depicts a beloved person or the lover's eye, thus, in a way, preserving the lover's life."
Xi asked in Russian, "Will these hand-painted patterns fade over time?"
The sales assistant replied with great certainty, "Sir, no, they will not. The paintings on the surface of these works are meticulously drawn by skilled artisans on the jewelry under a magnifying glass, stroke by stroke! They then repeatedly painted layer after layer. Even after many years, the colors and luster of these paintings on the jewelry will not lose their enamel!"
At this point, Andrey whispered to Xu Mingxuan, "Nikolai, don't you know? This jewelry designer named Peter Anchilov is very famous in our country. I've heard that his jewelry designs are very popular among artists, especially in big cities, where every woman is proud to own a piece of jewelry designed by him."
Xu Mingxuan shook his head blankly, indicating he didn't know, which left Andrey somewhat speechless.
Chen Lan looked down, carefully admiring these jewels with their rich Russian artistic style. It was no wonder Andrey said that Peter Anchilov was the most representative Russian jeweler. It could be said that every piece he designed had a high degree of recognition.
Jewelry itself is an extremely beautiful object, its greatest characteristic being the artistic and aesthetic design of its form. Peter Anchilov imbued each of his works with fairy-tale meanings, perfectly blending fantasy and reality. He made people believe that, one day, their great hero would arrive from afar on a rainbow, and personally adorn them with these exquisite treasures.
Therefore, if you possessed such jewelry, even the most ordinary couple would instantly transform into the happiest prince and princess in a fairy tale world. These jewels also seemed to be the sweet magic everyone longed for, completing one unforgettable love story after another.
It was no wonder Andrey said that. Looking at each exquisite and meaningful piece of jewelry, Chen Lan couldn't help but want to own a few such pieces. Besides, she had traveled abroad with great difficulty and needed to bring back some gifts. Thus, Chen Lan unhesitatingly selected sixty pairs of earrings and thirty pendants with different patterns and designs. She planned to give them as gifts to the young wives and maidens in the valley. She also separately selected a set of earrings and pendants for each of the young girls at home as gifts.
The sales assistant in the hall was indeed experienced. Chen Lan chose so many ornaments, and she never expected these guests, dressed so ordinarily, to buy so many pieces of jewelry at once. Although she was very surprised, she quickly calmed down and introduced Chen Lan to several styles of jewelry boxes. Chen Lan happily accepted the beautifully patterned and uniquely designed jewelry boxes.
It was just as Andrey had said; the jewelry sold here was indeed reasonably priced. Compared to their value in later life, they were truly cheaper than cabbage prices. Chen Lan readily let Xu Mingxuan pay the full amount, then casually put the pile of jewelry she had purchased into the jewelry boxes, and then placed the jewelry boxes into her personal backpack, which she actually stored in her system's warehouse.
The group then continued to wander around and selected a few more pieces of jewelry designed by other designers, but they never found any Easter eggs for sale in the hall. Chen Lan had long known that Easter eggs were things that could only be found by chance, so she was not particularly disappointed not to see them.
In her previous life, Chen Lan had heard of the famous Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé. He could be considered a national treasure jeweler of Russia. It was said that this jeweler was a legendary figure. The Easter eggs he designed could be described as exquisite and unparalleled. The eggs he designed were not only full of imagination in their form but also used a wide variety of raw materials. What was even more remarkable was that the eggs he produced also contained various small handicrafts, which showed the ingenuity of his conception and the exquisite craftsmanship, truly astonishing later generations.
It was said that among the more than fifty Easter eggs he made for the Russian Tsar, the most famous was the first Easter egg Fabergé made for the Russian Tsar in 1885, which was a wedding gift from the Russian Tsar to his Empress on their twentieth wedding anniversary.