1997年5月,法国总统希拉克作客上海。在走进上海博物馆前,据法国报刊报道,他转身对终日寸步不离的法国记者说,这次请他们让他单独待一会儿。希拉克总统是个热爱中国艺术的行家,他希望自己不受侵扰地好好欣赏一番。他对上博、尤其青铜馆的展品赞不绝口。然而普通法国人要了解中国古代青铜器,必须到这次与上海博物馆安排文物双向交流的巴黎池努奇博物馆,那里搜集了海外最重要的中国青铜器珍藏。亨利·池努奇1821年生于意大利米兰,后来加八法国籍,是19世纪后半叶欧洲一位重要人物。他是政治家,经济学家,复本位货币制的创导者;他也曾担任过巴黎银行行长,亲自起草银行组织章程。他与玛志尼的战友加里波第、法国第三帝国时期共和派领袖甘必大一起参加政治活动,因而对巴黎政局也有相当影响。池努奇一生云谲波诡,领导过1848年伦巴第革命。失败后流亡到法国,坚决拥护共和制理想,与雨果同为拿破仑三世的死敌,积极参加巴黎公社。在政治上屡遭打击后,他在1871年进行环球旅行,旅途中爱上了远东文化。他在横滨登岸后,开始搜集古玩,渐渐地把注意力集中在青铜器上。日本客商拿来货色,他选择以后成批定一个总价交 In May 1997, French President Chirac visited Shanghai. Before going to the Shanghai Museum, according to the French newspaper, he turned to the french journalist who kept telling him all day long and asked them to let him stay alone for a while. President Jacques Chirac is an expert in Chinese art and hopes to appreciate it without being disturbed. He praised the museum exhibits, especially bronze museum. However, when an ordinary French wants to know ancient Chinese bronzes, he must go to the Chiuncuzzi Museum in Paris, where he has arranged two-way communications with the Shanghai Museum for cultural relics, collecting the most important collection of Chinese bronze wares overseas. Henry Chi Nuqi was born in Milan, Italy in 1821, and later added eight French nationals, a key figure in Europe in the second half of the 19th century. He is a politician, economist and co-founder of the monetary system; he also served as president of the BNP Paribas, personally drafting the charter of the bank’s organization. He participated in political activities with Garibaldi, his comrades-in-arms for Mazzini, and Gambetta, a republican leader during the Third Reich in France, thus having a considerable impact on the political situation in Paris. Chi Nuchu life cloudless paradise, leading the Lombard revolution in 1848. After the defeat to exile in France, resolutely support the ideal of republicanism, and Hugo, the same enemy of Napoleon III, actively participate in the Paris Commune. After being repeatedly hit politically, he traveled around the world in 1871 and fell in love with Far Eastern culture. After landing in Yokohama, he began to collect antiques, gradually focusing his attention on the bronze. Japanese merchants brought goods, he chose to set a total price after approval