I have seen the sincerity of Wang Dong's cooperation, and since Wang Dong has given such good cooperation conditions, then I must also show sincerity. I'll sort it out today, Mr. Lu, you can contact Wang Dong today and ask him to send someone over tomorrow to receive it. Since it is a win-win cooperation, the other party has made the biggest concession, for this cooperation, Xiao Yao is very optimistic, and at the same time attaches great importance to it.

"Then I will call Wang Dong as soon as I go back and ask him to arrange for relevant personnel to come over as soon as possible. Lu Yahong didn't care much about the benefits after the cooperation, what he cared about was that through this cooperation, he would finally have a closer connection with Xiao Yao in the future.

After sending Lu Yahong away, Xiao Yao began to consider the choice of items to be sent.

If you want to raise a huge amount of 10.5 billion yuan to return to the bank, it is a drop in the bucket to take out ordinary antique artworks and put them up for auction, and it will not play a role.

It is impossible for him to put up too many collectibles at once, so it is better to choose a few world-class art treasures that cost a lot of money.

Xiao Yao had too many lots to choose from, and after thinking for a while, he quickly selected 4 world-class antique artworks with high value to send for auction.

Considering that Lu Yahong deliberately stated that it was to solicit lots for the autumn auction of Yiyun Hong Kong Island, the four artworks selected by Xiao Yao are all Western cultural relics.

In the collection of Panwu, the top antique artworks, the largest number of cultural relics of the past dynasties in the country.

However, a large part of the domestic treasures and cultural relics are not allowed to leave the country, in order to avoid trouble, it is more appropriate to choose Western cultural relics.

The first of the artifacts he was going to send for auction was a gemstone-embossed glass vase, which he himself named "Eros Vase".

The name is very common, but when it comes to the world-famous Portland vase, it should be familiar to those who are interested in Western artifacts.

The famous Portland vase is a gem-embossed glass vase.

This vase is an ancient Roman vase with a white pattern on dark blue glass (made around the 1st century), and the vase in the British Museum was owned by the Duke of Portland in the 18th century, hence the name Portland Vase.

The only vase of its kind that has been handed down today is the Portland vase, which was restored after being broken and is now in the collection of the British Museum.

The Portland vase is made using an ancient craft called "gemstone-embossed glass". Drawing on the technique of gemstone carving, the freshly made dark glassware is immersed in molten white molten glass to create a light-colored appearance, and then removed and when it cools, the excess of the white glass layer on the surface is removed, revealing a dark undertone, thus forming a bas-relief-like decorative pattern.

A piece of glass is not unusual today, but this vase first appeared in ancient Rome, around the first century AD, and it is amazing that the ancients about 2,000 years ago were able to study such exquisite glass-making techniques.

In today's world, the Portland vase is recognized as the finest surviving ancient Roman gemstone glass product, and the exquisite craftsmanship and superb relief art are truly amazing.

This exquisite ancient work of art, if you don't count the collection of Panwu, the Portland vase is truly unparalleled.

However, in the collection of Panwu, there are many similar vases made in the ancient Roman period, and there are at least 10 of them.

What Xiao Yao chose from it was a vase embossed with a bathing picture of the Garden of Eros.

The relief art of this vase is not inferior to that of the Portland vase at all, and the entire vase is very complete, without a single blemish or crack.

The outstanding artistry of this exquisite vase, which he took out from 2,000 years ago, is shocking, and the humanistic significance it represents is immeasurable.

The Portland vase was originally one of the treasures of the British Museum, and Xiao Yao believes that his Eros vase will shock the world once it is promoted.

He couldn't estimate how high the vase would have been sold at auction. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

The second lot he chose was the "Bronze Statue of the Discus Thrower".

The Discus Thrower is a bronze sculpture made by the Greek sculptor Milon around 450 BC, the original has been lost, and all that survives is a copy of a later generation, most of which is carved in marble.

Xiao Yao chose to take out this collection and send it for auction, firstly, because this work is famous enough to be known to the world. The second is because there is not only one bronze sculpture, but four pieces, and there is nothing reluctant to take out one of them to auction.

Time is too long, Xiao Yao has no way of knowing how many pieces of this bronze sculpture were made at that time, and there are 4 pieces in Panwu's collection, which means that the number of pieces produced at that time was at least 4 pieces.

The reason why there are multiple pieces of the same work is probably related to the actual needs of Greece at that time.

In ancient Greek society, martial arts became a common practice, and urban citizens were proud of being able to fight well, and placed great emphasis on physical training, sports and competition prevailed, and human physique was admired. In addition to the usual competitions in various cities, a large all-Greek athletic event was held every four years in Olympia of Yaqu, with the participation of naked men in good health.

Today's quadrennial World Olympic Games are a continuation of this Greek tradition. In ancient Greece, the winners of the tournament were regarded as the grace of the gods, the supreme glory, and were enthusiastically praised and revered by the whole people, and the sculptors made statues of them, worshiped like gods, and set an example for learning and imitation.

The statue of the Discus Thrower is a commemorative statue made for the winner of the Olympia competition.

Such commemorative statues, often due to the needs of various aspects, the number of production is more than one, and it is not uncommon for Pan Wu to have four bronze statues of discus throwers in his hands.

In fact, the works of Milon in Panwu's collection are not only the works of the discus thrower, but all the works of Milon in his collection add up to a total of 23 pieces.

The bronze statue of Milon's other masterpiece "Long-distance Running Winner Dallas" also has two pieces in Pan Wu's hand, both of which are bronze statues.

In this work, Milon chooses the momentary movement of the movement, and the long-distance runner is vividly depicted, and his wheezing sound can almost be heard, which also has a very high artistic standard. This work has been recorded in many documents, but except for the collection of Panwu, it has long been lost in reality.