There were so many precious things in front of him that Yang Jing was numb from looking at them. But when he opened the last small wooden box, the things inside immediately attracted his attention.

Compared with the previous boxes containing sculptures and paintings, this box was much smaller, about the same size as boxes containing jewelry and gems. When Yang Jing opened it, the "eggs" inside, which were about ten to fifteen centimeters long, colorful and of various shapes, immediately piqued Yang Jing's interest.

“Damn, can’t these all be the legendary Russian Easter eggs?” Although he had already recognized the identity of these “eggs,” Yang Jing still couldn’t believe that there were as many as sixteen Russian Easter eggs placed in front of him.

Russian eggs, also called Easter eggs, are made by the famous Russian jewelry master Peter Carl Fabergé. They are unique in the world, so they are also called "Fabergé eggs" to commemorate this outstanding jewelry master.

Eggs are loved and worshipped by many ethnic groups around the world, but painting Easter eggs is a traditional custom unique to the Slavic people, and the Russians are the only people who have preserved this artistic custom to this day.

Russians paint their love, dreams and aspirations on Easter eggs, which are the embodiment of Russian soul and art. For Russians, Easter eggs can bring health, beauty, strength and abundance.

Since Easter eggs are related to traditional Russian religious customs, they are a must-have for some religious festivals, especially for Easter. People keep Easter eggs at home like holy images or patron saints. Russians also use Easter eggs to welcome new life.

Although Russia is located in the far north of Europe, Russian jewelry has a long history and a high status in the jewelry industry. Before Easter in 1885, Russian Tsar Alexander III ordered an exquisite egg from the royal jewelry design company Fabergé Crafts to give to the queen as an Easter gift to comfort his new wife, Queen Maria, who was married from Denmark.

So Fabergé began to study how to make this egg, preparing to impress Queen Maria.

Under such circumstances, the world's first Easter egg was born.

This Easter egg looks plain on the outside, but to everyone's surprise, there is a golden egg inside the white enamel eggshell, and inside the egg is a small golden hen. Inside the golden hen's belly is a miniature crown inlaid with diamonds and a miniature egg made of rubies.

The hidden tricks in this small Easter egg brought great surprise to the Queen, and Maria loved Fabergé's gift so much that she couldn't let it go. Alexander III immediately ordered Fabergé to design a unique Easter egg every year and present it to the Queen, which must please the Queen.

So, starting from that year, Fabergé designed and produced one to two Easter eggs for the Russian royal family every year, from Alexander III to the fall of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, a total of 33 years.

During this period, Befarge made a total of 61 eggs, of which 52 are still in existence. Among them, 54 Tsarist eggs were made for the Russian royal family, of which 47 are still in existence.

At the beginning, the value of these Fabergé eggs was not recognized by the world. When the earliest Fabergé eggs were auctioned, the value of each one was only less than 500 US dollars. But as time went by, Fabergé eggs became more and more recognized, and their value also skyrocketed.

By 2015, the starting price for any Fabergé egg that was auctioned was tens of millions of dollars. The most conservative estimate now is that a Fabergé egg is worth as much as 33 million dollars!

Suddenly, sixteen Fabergé Easter eggs appeared before his eyes, with a value of more than 500 million US dollars!

Let’s put the issue of money aside for now. The key point is that this Fabergé egg is extremely rare. There are only 52 left in the world and you can’t find it on the market.

But Yang Jing suddenly felt that something was wrong, something was wrong with the quantity.

Fabergé produced a total of 61 Fabergé eggs, a number recognized worldwide. 54 of them were made for the Russian royal family, and the other seven were specially ordered by Alexander Kerch, a Russian mining magnate at the time, to the Fabergé art factory. These seven eggs are also known as "Croat eggs."

The problem is that all the 52 Fabergé eggs in the world are owned by someone else, so how come there are 16 more eggs here? Even if these 16 eggs include the lost nine eggs, there are still seven more eggs in total!

Aren’t these Easter eggs made by Fabergé himself?

However, Yang Jing thought about it and felt that it was unlikely. How could the eggs that were picked out by Nicholas II and placed in a wooden box for precious preservation not be made by Fabergé himself?

Moreover, Yang Jing knew that one of the important reasons why Fabergé eggs were precious was that each Fabergé egg had a unique shape and style. Among the 16 eggs in front of him, although the colors and shapes were different, 12 of them were a set in style!

Don't ask Yang Jing how he could tell that the styles of these 12 Easter eggs were the same, he just could see it! I guess anyone else can see it, especially the Chinese.

Because there are 12 Easter eggs of different shapes and colors, each of them is carved with a very magical animal shape, starting from the mouse, to the old cow, the tiger, the little rabbit, the legendary Chinese dragon, and even the silly-looking little pig.

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