Chapter 913 - 0913 Like-minded People 1
The bundles contained several unmounted silk paintings, as well as others that had been removed from their mounts, including meticulous brushwork and ink paintings. The two bundles held a total of seven paintings neatly folded and enveloped in fine silk, further protected by oiled paper and silk cloth wrappers.
Guan Cheng scrutinized each painting carefully, shaking his head, "I don’t remember."
Feng Qingxue peered at them as well, recognizing them as authentic works by ancient masters, the kind whose fame was resounding, with each artist himself an authority in the Calligraphy and Painting World. Works that had survived to the present day were extremely rare, and there was even a Flower and Bird Painting by Song Huizong.
Decades later, any one of these paintings could fetch over a hundred million at an auction.
One of the paintings bore a seal belonging to Guan Kong, a mark left after appraisal. Pointing to this seal, Lu Jiang said to Guan Cheng, "This was left by your grandfather, and whether it is indeed an item of the Guan Family, we cannot be sure at present. Let your aunt commit these paintings to memory. When the opportunity arises, she can inquire with Granny Xu about them."
Granny Xu was the great-aunt of the Guan Family who had some recollection of the famous paintings collected by the family before her marriage.
Guan Cheng hummed in agreement, "Only great-aunt would know."
Another small wooden box was filled to the brim with gold, diamonds, jades, and jewels—old but valuable pieces of jewelry separated from each other by soft cotton cloths to prevent scratching.