Iwashi lasesihlakaleni elake laba ngeyombusi wokugcina weQing Dynasty, elagqugquzela ifilimu eyawina indondo ye-Oscar ethi “The Last Emperor,” selidayise endalini eHong Kong ngoMeyi odlule irekhodi lamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-5.1.
Ikhasimende elingaziwa lithenge isibonelo esingandile sewashi likaPatek Philippe okungeka-Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.
“Kungumphumela ophakeme kakhulu” otholwe endalini yewashi lesihlakala okwakungelombusi, uThomas Perazzi, inhloko yezokuthengisa amawashi e-Phillips Age endalini, etshela abeReuters.
Iwashi lingesinye sezibonelo eziyisishiyagalombili ezaziwayo zemodeli ye-“Patek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune”. Yanikezwa umbusi kumhumushi wakhe wesiRashiya lapho evalelwe ejele laseSoviet, kusho indali. Ekubhideni, inkatho yeqe kalula isilinganiso sokuqala sama-US$3 wezigidi.
Amanye amawashi angamakhosi futhi adayiswa endalini ahlanganisa uPatek Philippe wombusi wokugcina wase-Ethiopia, u-Haile Selassie, owadayiswa ngo-2017 ngo-$ 2.9 million. I-Rolex yombusi wokugcina waseVietnam, i-Bao Dai, idayiswe ngezigidi ezinhlanu zamadola endalini ngo-2017.
Umbusi wokugcina waseShayina wazalwa ngo-1906 futhi wathatha ubukhosi lapho eneminyaka emibili kuphela ubudala. Ngemva kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-1945, uPu Yi waboshwa yiSoviet Army esikhumulweni sezindiza saseChina iShenyang, eboshwe njengesiboshwa sempi, wathunyelwa ekamu eKhabarovsk, eRussia, iminyaka emihlanu.
Intatheli uRussell Working yaxoxa nomhumushi wombusi uGeorgiy Permyakov ngo-2001. futhi uthi umbusi wanika uPermyakov iwashi ngosuku lwakhe lokugcina eSoviet Union, ngaphambi nje kokuba abuyiselwe eChina. “Ngezinye izikhathi wayebaphatha kabi abantu abathandayo,” kusho u-Working.