The previous article introduced Tang Sancai, a kind of pottery popular in the Tang Dynasty, with yellow, white, and green as the basic glaze colors. Later, people used to call this type of pottery "Tang Sancai".
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal society, with a prosperous economy and a flourishing culture and arts. Tang Sancai is a type of colored pottery handicraft produced during this period. It is famous for its vivid and lifelike shapes, bright colors and full of life.
The Tang Sancai now placed in front of Professor Tian Fan is a three-color double-humped camel figurine, nearly one meter tall, with a bag decorated with animal faces. The silk and kettle are also in place. It stretches its neck and opens its mouth, and its hind limbs stand upright.
The front legs are slightly bent, as if he has just stood up from a lying position, looking up to the sky, ready to embark on the journey back to the west. The shape is extremely majestic and majestic.
Looking carefully at this camel with its head raised and neighing, Zhuang Rui was in a trance, as if he saw the noisy East and West Markets in Chang'an City, and the smiling Hu Ji in the wine alley next to the post station spreading out beside you, as if he was in a
In the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, you can feel the legends of foreign lands and the East.
Fatty Jin, Mr. Sun and others were also shocked by this three-color camel from the Tang Dynasty. This three-color figurine not only has bright colors and bright glaze, but also has an exquisite and accurate shape. More importantly, in the three-color camel's bright glaze
There are many tiny flakes on the surface, like small cracks.
This kind of flaking is mainly caused by the inconsistent shrinkage ratio of the tire and glaze. The shrinkage of the tire is relatively small, and the shrinkage of the glaze is relatively large. In this way, during the firing process, the glaze will produce when it cools.
Shrinks, so cracks will form on the surface of the glaze.
After more Tang Sancai were unearthed, this kind of opening became a very significant feature in identifying the glaze of Tang Sancai. Of course, the highly skilled counterfeiters of later generations would definitely play tricks in this regard.
"Teacher Sun, what do you think of this object?"
Tian Fan knew that among the people present, Mr. Sun was a miscellaneous person and was no stranger to Tang Sancai. As for Fatty Jin and others, they probably didn’t know much about it, so after everyone took a rough look around,
He asked Mr. Sun.
Mr. Sun took a twenty-fold magnifying glass and looked at the film carefully for a while. He shook his head and said, "I can't tell exactly what this object is. From the view of the film, it looks like sesame flakes. It doesn't look like it was painted with imitation paint."
It was formed by brushing potassium permanganate solution, but this object is so perfect that I can’t be sure..."
The sesame chips that Mr. Sun mentioned refer to the cracks that naturally form on Tang Sancai pottery after being corroded by groundwater and acid-base substances in the soil. This kind of cracks is relatively fine, like sesame seeds. It can be formed about a foot away from it.
Clearly observed.
Counterfeiters often use chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid and potassium permanganate to corrode and dye the glaze of the utensils, and then leave it for a period of time. The "flaking" of the glaze will also become obvious, but the traces of cracking will not be visible.
But it looks very wide and not as finely divided as the natural opening.
This three-color camel is undoubtedly authentic, both in terms of its glaze color and shape, but it is too perfect. It is even more outstanding than the three-color camel collected by the Palace Museum. Therefore, whether it is a field
No professor, nor Mr. Sun, dares to jump to conclusions.
"Teacher Tian, I once listened to a lesson you gave about the characteristics and identification knowledge of Tang Sancai vessels. Later, after I saw this work, I bought it and asked some people to look at it. They all said it was authentic.
Today I would like to take this opportunity to help you identify it."
The owner of this Tang Sancai camel is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is slightly fat and has a Chinese character face. Even in front of many experts, he behaves neither humble nor overbearing. It seems that he should be a person of some status.
"Mr. Liu is a member of our Jinan Collection Association and the chairman of Tianx Food Co., Ltd. He is very keen on collecting. He once served as a guest in our Collecting World column group..."
The male host from Shandong TV took advantage of every opportunity to introduce the origin of the treasure holder to Zhuang Rui and others, which also indirectly explained that the other party had the financial resources to collect such relatively precious antiques.
"Mr. Liu, since you are an insider, I would like to take the liberty to ask, how did you get this Tang Sancai camel?"
The work of antique appraisal not only starts with the cultural relics themselves, but also investigates their inheritance. For example, some precious cultural relics are unearthed from major ancient tombs. Even antiques that were unearthed by theft will be passed down.
of objects and quantities.
Boss Liu didn't seem to be shy about talking about the origin of this object, and said openly: "Haha, I saw this three-color camel at a friend's private party. I liked it at the time, so I bought it.
Already..."
"Party?" Zhuang Rui muttered in a low voice. It should be an exchange event organized by some Tibetan friends, right?
"It's the black market."
General Manager Qian, who was sitting next to Zhuang Rui, covered the microphone with his hand and whispered.
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, because he suddenly thought of the three-color horse he saw on the grassland black market. It was also an almost flawless imitation and was bought by the Japanese who took advantage of him at a high price. This three-color horse
The glaze color of the camel shape is so perfect, is it also fake?
After this idea arose in Zhuang Rui's mind, it seemed as if a shadow had been cast in his heart and he couldn't go away. He couldn't explain it, so he could only use his spiritual energy to check again. While a few people were talking, Zhuang Rui
Rui walked to the table with the three-color camel and lowered his head to look at it.
"Mr. Liu, how much did you spend when you found this item?"
Fatty Jin, who was sitting next to Professor Tian, asked, this is also something that must be asked in the process of appraising items, especially for such a perfect three-color work, the person who sells it will never set the price too low.
"Four hundred thousand RMB, I feel it is worth the money."
Seeing that several experts were not sure about the authenticity of his collection, Chairman Liu felt a surge of pride in his heart.
It is said that the price he paid for this Tang Sancai is almost the same as the Sancai antiques sold in regular domestic auction houses.
Some friends will say when they see this, Tang Sancai is a national treasure, how can it be so cheap? In fact, these friends have entered a misunderstanding. Tang Sancai was first recognized abroad. In the 1980s, the price reached its peak, in 1989
In December 2016, the Tang San painted pottery Dama, launched by Sotheby's in London, set a record for the highest auction price of a Chinese art piece at HK$49.55 million. This record has been maintained for 12 years and has been unparalleled in the limelight.
However, due to the strong impact of fake products on the market, many people were deceived and their confidence in Tang Sancai became insufficient. Subsequently, the price of Tang Sancai in the international market fell rapidly.
In recent years, the price of Tang Sancai works sold in the international market has mostly been around hundreds of thousands of dollars, while in China it is even lower. Even for some high-quality works, the price fluctuates between hundreds of thousands to one million yuan.
It can be seen that if this Tang Sancai camel is real, Boss Liu's business is still profitable.
"Brother Jin, Brother Sun, I think this object is probably real. It was probably stolen from some Tang tomb. What do you think?"
After thinking for a while, Professor Tian expressed his opinion. Tomb robberies have become popular in the past few years, and there is no guarantee that some fine products will be lost. The treasure holder in front of him also explained that the source of the things was that they were taken from the black market.
There are various signs indicating that this three-color camel is most likely to be authentic.
"It's fake, this three-color camel from the Tang Dynasty is a modern imitation!"
Before Fatty Jin and the others could answer, Zhuang Rui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head from the table and said decisively.
"Oh? How can you see that?" Professor Tian saw Zhuang Rui speaking so confidently and knew that he must have seen some clues.
"Teacher Zhuang, if you say it's fake, there should be some basis for it, right? I don't care about hundreds of thousands of dollars. If it's true, just think of it as a lesson. But, please point out where the fake is."
."
Although Chairman Liu is not as arrogant as that woman, his words are also revealing. Since you said it was a lie, well, show us the evidence.
Zhuang Rui frowned when he heard this. The reason why he said it was fake was because there was no aura in this three-color camel. There are thousands of antiques that Zhuang Rui has seen now, and they are more or less aura.
existing.
Therefore, Zhuang Rui can be sure that this three-color camel must be a fake, but where is the fake? Based on his understanding of Tang Sancai, he really can't make up any reason.
"This, of course, is well-founded..."
Zhuang Rui circled around the three-color camel again, checking it from beginning to end with his spiritual energy, trying to find any difference. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and for a moment, his face showed an incredible look, but because Zhuang Rui
Rui's head was always lowered, but no one saw him.
"Damn it, such a thing can actually be produced?!"
The reason why Zhuang Rui was so shocked was because when he saw the curved and raised front hoof of this three-color camel, he suddenly discovered that inside the inner wall of the front hoof, there was also a word "XU", which was the same as what he had seen on the black market in the grassland.
Exactly the same.
Zhuang Rui now admires this faker. Not only did he create a three-color horse, but also a three-color camel appeared. You must know that fakes also have different grades, and they have to be divided into three, six, and nine.
Waiting for it to come out.
In the case of this three-color camel, I am afraid that the technology and soil used are all based on the three-color firing procedures of the Tang Dynasty. Even if it is made, carbon 14 may not be detected. The cost of such a perfect imitation process should be
With more than 100,000 yuan, the creator of the three-color camel is definitely a master in the counterfeiting industry.
