Chapter 1118: Truth, refinement and innovation are the way to go
Such as eggshell ceramic cups and thin-walled eggshell porcelain cups. As long as they are made, they are successful and have high value.
Even if it's bigger, it's totally fine.
Let’s talk about the large size. Let’s not talk about anything else. Just because of its large size, it is easy to collapse and crack, not to mention the change in glaze color.
Of course, the large type of vessel mentioned here is definitely not a plum vase with a height of 70 or 80 centimeters, but a large vase or vase with a diameter of more than one meter in height.
Therefore, identification must be done with caution.
You must know that it is not easy to make a top-grade porcelain, but it is easy to identify a top-grade porcelain?
It is sometimes difficult to identify something, sometimes it is easy.
Because there are so many modern imitations, it can be said that there is not even a one-ten-thousandth chance of being authentic.
Therefore, if you encounter an antique and you say it is an imitation or fake, there is a 9999% chance that you are right.
But is this really a good thing?
Imitation! This is probably the word collectors are most afraid of hearing.
This word means that your real money has been wasted.
When it comes to collecting, there is no time when you are not cautious, and there are no collectors who are not cautious.
Today some big experts tell you that there are no fakes or fakes in my store. Just listen to this and don't take it seriously.
No one is born with the ability to identify antiques, it is all a matter of time and money.
It's just that some people may smash it all their lives without making a sound.
What is the reason? Two words: impetuous!
Nowadays, people play collecting, but what is the point of playing?
That's business. Today I spent 800 yuan picking up missing items from street stalls, and tomorrow I wish someone would pay 80000 yuan to buy them.
In this process, how can there be time for detailed review?
As long as the word money is involved in collecting, it will be difficult to get started!
Why? When the word money comes up, the first thing you think about is return.
When I thought about how much this thing was worth, I accidentally fell into a trap.
Where do you still have the time and interest to carefully study the authenticity and age of this thing?
All I was thinking about was how much money I spent on it, and I must not lose money!
The more I think about it, the more real and cute things seem.
There are quite a few things like this. The last time Wu San came over, he mentioned such a thing.
At that time, someone bought a replica, and this replica was incredible.
In 2016, it was auctioned by a company in England for 820,000 pounds.
When the original collector bought it in 1946, he only spent 9 pounds!
What is this concept? It means that in 70 years, the value of this imitation will increase 90,000 times!
What kind of imitation is this? In fact, it won’t make you feel strange at all when you reveal the mystery of this imitation.
This is an imitation of the Chenghua Doucai Tianzi jar. The imitation date was the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty!
The imitator is the Yongzheng official kiln. It can be seen that authenticity, precision and newness are the kings of porcelain collection!
Good! No wonder the value of this imitation has increased so much. If I bought it back for 820,000 pounds, it probably still has the potential to increase in value!
Because this treasure belongs to the Yongzheng official kiln, which is said in the porcelain collecting circle that "the Ming Dynasty looks at Chenghua, the Qing Dynasty looks at Yongzheng"!
The Yongzheng official kiln is known as the crown of the three Qing dynasties for its unique reasons.
First, the Yongzheng dynasty was the shortest among the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, only more than ten years, so it has the least handed down products!
The 61st year of Kangxi and the 60th year of Qianlong, plus the years when Qianlong was the Supreme Emperor.
Kangxi and Qianlong porcelains had a lot of porcelain.
Second, Yongzheng's aesthetic vision was most in line with contemporary aesthetic trends.
Kangxi porcelain was too old-fashioned, Qianlong porcelain was like a nouveau riche, while Yongzheng porcelain was pure and subtle, with elegant posture, which coincided with today's people's aesthetic vision.
Third, Emperor Yongzheng was particularly fond of ceramics and ordered the Nian kilns to be fired, as well as the Tang kilns during the Qianlong period. In fact, Tang Ying participated in the management of the imperial kilns during the Yongzheng period.
The emperor's attention and outstanding pottery supervisors are also one of the reasons why Yongzheng porcelain is rare and expensive.
Let’s talk about Chenghua. Chenghua Doucai is famous all over the world.
The chicken vat cup was sold for more than 200 million yuan. Regardless of the reason, it also shows that the chicken vat cup is a hard currency.
Friends in the collecting circle, those who have been in the collecting circle for more than ten years, generally know that there is a word "hard goods" in the circle.
What is hard goods? It’s the kind of stuff that’s very well-known and everyone knows it’s valuable.
Don't even think about buying this thing back at the same price as the leak. The leak must be medicine, not the elixir you imagined.
For example, there is a chicken cup with a corner from a certain tooth, made in blue and white during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.
There is a characteristic of collectors buying porcelain. Beginners like to buy porcelain made in a certain year.
Senior players will take a detour when they see someone with money!
Only top collectors dare to pick up items made in a certain year of the Ming Dynasty or a certain year of the Qing Dynasty, carefully ponder and study them carefully.
What is the reason for this? In fact, it is simple to put it bluntly.
Beginners cannot judge the age through other detailed features.
The base price of porcelain is their only criterion for judging its age.
Therefore, imitators cannot completely imitate the detailed features, but it is too easy to imitate individual styles.
There are only six characters for "what style". Find a student to write for half a year and just practice these six characters. Can you still be good at it? Even the uneducated people have no problem!
Therefore, experienced collectors are most afraid of bringing money!
The money you bring is a loan, which requires you to pay high interest!
Once you get it, it will rot in your hands, unless you use it to fool others.
Those with money are not as good as those without money that need to be studied. Basically, the ones that can be interested are old collectors, who no longer believe in the mythical stories about street stalls.
Chenghua doucai is so famous that it has been imitated in all dynasties.
The earliest one I have seen so far is the Ming Jiajing Nian imitation.
To be honest, if the thing didn't have the original stamp, experts wouldn't be able to tell it was a fake.
The Yongzheng imitation of the Qing Dynasty is the most similar, but it is more refined than clumsy.
For Qing Dynasty imitations, the color is generally controlled within the outline, while for Chenghua genuine items, the color generally overflows the outline.
The imitation tires in the Qing Dynasty are all bluish white when exposed to light, while the Chenghua tires are all flesh red or tooth white.
The Qing Dynasty also had the Tianzi style, and the fourth stroke was obviously different from the Chenghua Tianzi style.
The key to identification is here. Of course, if you accidentally buy a Yongzheng imitation, you will not lose! Haha!
This is collection, and only by understanding these can we truly make antique porcelain.
Chen Wenzhe has copied so many antique porcelains now, and he definitely has no intention of selling them!
He just kept it, since he was not short of money anyway. He believed that this batch of his works in the future would definitely be comparable to the Yongzheng official kilns that "looked at Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty and Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty".
Not to mention anything else, as long as it is true, precise and new, he can definitely do it.
Therefore, his works will definitely become more and more valuable as time goes by.
To put it bluntly, when he kicks his feet and can no longer continue to produce works, the price of his works will skyrocket.
This should be the fate of all artists. Generally, they cannot enjoy the fruits of their labor while they are still alive.