Inherit For Three Thousand Years

The identification of the snake head was also very fast. A few minutes later, Zhang Donggao put the snake head back in its original place, and said excitedly, "This snake head is undoubtedly genuine! With these two more animal heads, maybe the 12 bronze animal heads will eventually come together." There will be a day when we get together."

"It should be. As long as there is news about the other animal heads, with the influence of our country, we will be able to gather these 12 zodiac signs sooner or later." Xiao Yao said with affirmative tone.

Finally, after Zhang Donggao's appraisal was completed, Xiao Zhenshan couldn't wait to start doing the appraisal. At the same time, he asked some professional questions, and Zhang Donggao patiently answered them one by one.

Around the topic of the bronze animal head, everyone discussed it very enthusiastically.

It wasn't until Xiao Zhenshan's enthusiasm faded that Zhang Donggao began to carefully look at the other collections in the treasure room.

After a few random glances, Zhang Donggao became more and more shocked. He didn't expect that there were all treasures in Xiao Yao's treasure room!

Almost every piece of collection displayed in the treasure room can be called a national treasure, which is really amazing!

You must know that all the collections in this treasure room add up to at least 50 pieces. What is the concept of 50 national treasures?

Even if it is an ordinary provincial museum, it may not be able to produce 50 national treasures, and even if they can, the quality must be far worse.

The 50 national treasures in the treasure room are not national treasures in the general sense, but real heavyweight national treasures, each of which is extremely precious.

The first thing he saw was the "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" hanging in front of him.

"Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove" is a relatively common painting theme, and there are many excellent works by famous artists in history.

But this painting is obviously not painted by those famous artists in his impression,

Whether it is the painting style, color or material, it is extremely old at first glance.

The scale of this painting is very large, about one and a half meters high and about 90 centimeters wide.

Under the luxuriant bamboos, Ji Kang is playing the piano, slightly raising his head and raising his eyebrows, with the expression of "waving the five strings with his hand, watching him go back", which gives people a feeling of being alone.

Ruan Ji made a long whistle with his mouth sideways, obviously in a state of forgetfulness. Shan Tao is holding a wine bowl, typical of a scribe who is addicted to alcohol. Wang Rong dances with his hands as he wishes, and is accompanied by a cash box and bare legs. His posture is lazy and leisurely, enjoying himself. Xiang Xiu closed her eyes and leaned against the tree, while Liu Ling poured wine from an earcup, looking intoxicated. Ruan Xian has a good command of rhythm, is good at playing the pipa, pulls up his sleeves and plucks Ruan, completely immersed in music.

Very typical painting style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, with a few simple strokes, the characters are lifelike.

It doesn't look like a copy of the Tang and Song Dynasties, but Zhang Donggao couldn't believe that it would be an authentic work handed down from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Looking at the inscription, he couldn't believe his eyes—it turned out to be Lu Tanwei's authentic work!

If this painting is indeed an authentic work by Lu Tanwei, its value and significance are simply inestimable!

Lu Tanwei was a painter in the Liu and Song Dynasties of the Southern Dynasties. In the history of Chinese painting, he was the founder of formally incorporating calligraphy into painting.

He applied Zhang Zhi's cursive script of the Eastern Han Dynasty to his paintings, forming a school of his own. Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty recorded more than 70 paintings by him in "Records of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties", covering a wide range of subjects, ranging from paintings of sages and sages, Buddha statues and figures to birds and animals.

Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were called "Gu Lu" together, and even Xie He's "Ancient Paintings Record" also highly praised him.

There is very little information about Lu Tanwei's life and activities in historical books. "The Records of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" records that "Lu Tanwei is a top-ranking, top-ranking, Wu native. During the Song and Ming Dynasties, he was often an attendant. He was the most skilled painter. "This is the only record about the positive writing of Lu Tanwei's life.

These only show that Lu Tanwei is a painter, neither has an official title, nor is he a famous person from a family of origin. According to the writing practice of Chinese historical biography, as long as Lu Tanwei has an official position, there will be no omissions in the records.

Gu Kaizhi, another great painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who is as famous as Lu Tanwei, has many records. Gu Kaizhi is a painter who combines talents, celebrities, officials and favors. He is erudite, talented in painting, and good at talking about metaphysics, so there are many allusions, such as "Book of Jin", "Selected Works", "Shishuoxinyu·Literature", "Poems of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties" all about Gu Kaizhi Deeds or collection of poems.

Gu Kaizhi's ambition is in poetry, calligraphy and painting. Although he has done nothing in military and political affairs, he is a successful politician in a sense. He had a lot of contacts with the dignitaries Huan Wen, Yin Zhongkan, and Huan Xuanju at that time. The political affairs of the palace were ups and downs, and the dignitaries who served him died alternately, but Gu's position in the officialdom was always stable. He was promoted to be a regular servant of loose riders. According to the description of these experiences of Gu Kaizhi, we can infer Lu Tanwei's basic living conditions in that era and society from the negative side.

The biggest difference between Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi is that Gu Kaizhi is always at the center of society and culture, while Lu Tanwei is on the edge. Whether it is the officialdom or the cultural circle dominated by scholars, they do not agree with Lu Tanwei. I didn't pay attention to him.

Lu Tanwei is just a highly skilled painter with a lowly status, and he cannot be regarded as an equal to them.

But a real artist will ultimately show value and significance through his art itself. Lu Tanwei's high reputation in the later painting history is the proof.

The fact that Lu Tanwei's original work has survived to this day is of great significance to the painting and calligraphy circles and appraisal circles.

After initially identifying that this is the authentic work of Lu Tanwei, Zhang Donggao's heart almost jumped out of his chest.

He then took out a full set of identification tools and began the most detailed identification.

It has been appraised for about half an hour, and multiple appraisal angles have proved that this is indeed the authentic work of Nanchao Lu Tanwei!

Zhang Donggao turned to look at Xiao Yao, and said with an extremely excited expression, "This is really the authentic work of Lu Tanwei! It's really unimaginable, how could you have such a priceless and well-preserved ancient painting?"

"I can proudly say that the preservation of the antiques in my collection is more meticulous and professional than that of your Palace Museum, and there will never be any phenomenon of inadequate preservation." Xiao Yao couldn't tell the truth, he could only give come up with such an answer.

The more he got in touch with Xiao Yao, the more mysterious Zhang Donggao felt.

He has already seen many extremely precious antique works of art from Xiao Yao. These precious antique works of art are hard to come by. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them. Only those big families with profound heritage and long-standing heritage can have so many precious collections. He knows many collectors, but none of them have such a heritage.