The identification of the snake head was also very fast, and a few minutes later, Zhang Donggao put the snake head back in its original position and said excitedly: "This snake head is also genuine! With these two beast heads, maybe the 12 bronze beast heads will eventually gather one day." ”

"It should be, as long as the other beast heads have news, with the influence of our country, we will be able to gather these 12 zodiac signs sooner or later. Xiao Yao said affirmatively.

Finally waited for Zhang Donggao's appraisal to be completed, Xiao Zhenshan couldn't wait to start the appraisal, and asked some professional questions at the same time, and Zhang Donggao patiently replied one by one.

Around the topic of bronze beast heads, everyone had a heated discussion.

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

After a few casual glances, Zhang Donggao became more and more shocked, he didn't expect that all of Xiao Yao's treasure room were treasures!

Almost every item in the treasure room is a national treasure, which is 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 take out 50 national treasures, and even if it can be taken out, it will definitely be far from good quality.

The 50 national treasures in the treasure room are not national treasures in the ordinary sense, but real heavyweight national treasures, and each one is extremely precious.

The first thing he saw was a picture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest hanging directly in front of him.

"Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" is a relatively common painting theme, and there are many famous artists in history who have preserved their masterpieces.

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

Under the bamboo, Ji Kang is stroking the qin, raising his head and eyebrows slightly, with the expression of "waving the five strings in his hand, and seeing the return to Hong", giving people a feeling of being like no one else.

Ruan Ji leaned sideways and made a long whistle with his mouth, obviously looking like he was forgetful. Shan Tao holds a wine bowl in his hand, typical of a scribe who is addicted to alcohol. Wang Rong danced as he wished, with a cash box and bare legs, and his posture was lazy and leisurely, and he was happy. Xiang Xiu closed his eyes and leaned against the tree, and Liu Ling held the ear cup and poured wine, looking drunk and hazy. Ruan Xian is fluent in music, good at playing the pipa, rolling up his sleeves and plucking Ruan, completely immersed in music.

It is a typical painting style of the Wei and Jin dynasties, with a few simple strokes and vivid figures.

It doesn't look like a copy of the Tang and Song dynasties, but Zhang Donggao can't believe that this is 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 real work!

If this painting is indeed the original work of Lu Tanwei, its value and significance are simply immeasurable!

Lu Tanwei was a painter in the Liu and Song dynasties of the Southern Dynasty, and in the history of Chinese painting, he was the founder of the formal use of calligraphy in painting.

He applied Zhang Zhi's cursive style of the Eastern Han Dynasty to his paintings, which was his own style. Tang Zhang Yanyuan contains more than 70 of his paintings in the "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties", and the subject matter is very wide, from the paintings of sages and sages, Buddha statues to birds and animals.

Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty are also called "Gu Lu", and even Xie He's "Catalogue of Ancient Paintings" also admires him.

There is very little information about Lu Tanwei's life activities in the historical books, and "Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" contains: "Lu Tanwei, on the top grade, Wu people also." When Emperor Song and Ming Dynasty were in attendance, they were the most popular. This is the only record of the positive writing of Lu Tanwei's life.

These only show that Lu Tanwei is a painter, neither an official title, nor a celebrity from a family of births. According to the writing convention of Chinese historical biography, as long as Lu Tanwei has an official and a half-position, he will not be omitted in the record.

Another great painter with the same name as Lu Tanwei, Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has no shortage of records. Gu Kaizhi is a painter who combines talents, celebrities, and official titles. He is erudite and talented, superb in painting, and good at talking about metaphysics, so there are many allusions, such as "Book of Jin", "Anthology", "Shishuo Xinyu Literature", "Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Poems" all have about Gu Kai's deeds or his poems.

Gu Kaizhizhi is determined to do poetry, calligraphy and painting, although he has done nothing in military and political affairs, but in a sense, he is a successful politician, hovering around the powerful ministers and nobles of the upper class all day long, playing in the mountains and waters, dogs and horses, and doing everything. He had a lot of dealings with the magnates at that time, Huan Wen, Yin Zhongkan, and Huan Xuanju, and the political affairs of the palace were up and down, and the magnates who served them perished alternately, but Gu's position in the officialdom was always immovable, and even after Huan Xuan was killed, he was promoted to a free cavalry attendant. According to the description of Gu Kaizhi's experiences, it can be inferred from the opposite side that Lu Tanwei's basic state of existence in that era and society.

The biggest difference between Lu Tanwei and Gu Kaizhi is that Gu Kaizhi has always been at the center of society and culture, while Lu Tanwei is on the margins, whether it is officialdom or the cultural circle dominated by scholars, they have no identity with Lu Tanwei, maybe they don't pay attention to him at all.

Lu Tanwei is just a skilled painter with a humble status, and he is not an equal to them.

But after all, a true artist shows value and meaning in his art itself. This is evidenced by Lu Tanwei's high reputation in the later history of painting.

Lu Tanwei actually has authentic works that have survived to this day, which is of great significance to the calligraphy and painting circles and appraisal circles.

After the preliminary identification that this was Lu Tanwei's authentic handiwork, 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 identified for about half an hour, and multiple identification angles have proved that this is indeed the authentic work of Lu Tanwei of the Southern Dynasty!

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

"I can proudly say that the antiques in my collection are more meticulous and professional than your Palace Museum in the custody of antiques, and there will definitely be no phenomenon of inadequate storage. Xiao Yao couldn't tell the truth, so he could only give such an answer.

The more he came into contact with Xiao Yao, the more mysterious Zhang Donggao felt that this person became.

He has seen many extremely precious antique artworks from Xiao Yao, these precious antique artworks are hard to find, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them. Only those big families with deep heritage and long-standing heritage can have so many precious collections, and he knows many collectors, but none of them have such a heritage.