Identification technology and method of ancient porcelain collection

The more fake it is, the more authentic it is, the higher the grade is, and the more it is done, the more home it is, making it difficult for some experts to distinguish between true and false. How to improve your ability to distinguish between true and false porcelain? Then let's take a look at the identification techniques and methods of ancient porcelain collections that I have carefully recommended for everyone, hoping to help you.

One want and three don't want in the collection of ancient porcelain.

Want to know more about ceramics. China's exhibition art ceramics can be divided into two categories: pottery and porcelain. The main producing areas of pottery are Yixing, Jiangsu Province, which is famous for its teapot and flowerpot; Shiwan, Guangdong Province, which is famous for its pottery figurines and animal shapes; Luoyang, Henan Province, which produces tri-colored pottery in the Tang Dynasty; Hunyuan, Shanxi Province, which produces black glazed pottery pots; and Rongchang, Sichuan Province, which produces carved pottery. The main producing area of porcelain is Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, which is famous for producing blue and white, exquisite, famille rose and colored glass. Liling, Hunan, is famous for its colorful decorative porcelain under glaze; Zibo, Shandong Province, produces raindrop glaze and develops porcelain carving art; Handan, Hebei, produces flower glaze and ivory porcelain; Fujian Dehua, which produces white porcelain; Longquan, Zhejiang, produces celadon; Chaozhou, Guangdong, produces porcelain imitation of the Southern Song Dynasty official kiln; Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, etc. As a commodity, the price of exhibition art porcelain is not as high as possible, so it needs to be carefully distinguished, such as underglaze color and blue and white, depending on whether the painting skills are skilled and clear, whether the colors are bright and transparent, and the underglaze color decoration pays attention to meticulous freehand brushwork, and must be hand-painted, not printed or appliqued, and the colors should be bright. The choice of exhibition art ceramics depends not only on the overall effect, but also on whether the shape of the device is geometric, deformed, glazed and abnormal in chromaticity. When buying decorative art ceramics, it should be placed in a place with good light during the day, and the lighting often goes wrong. You can tap porcelain gently to see if the sound is crisp and loud, and if there are cracks in the hoarse voice, no matter how beautiful it is, it is worthless, and cracked pottery is not easy to preserve.

Don't always want to buy expensive porcelain from the second-hand antique market. Precious ancient porcelain is rare and has been treasured by people for a long time. For example, rare porcelain such as official kilns, Ru kilns and Ge kilns are almost available at home and abroad, because they are so precious that even the royal family can't get them easily. For example, Yuan blue-and-white porcelain was burned less in Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the cost of firing Yuan blue and white porcelain was very expensive. Few people can afford this kind of high-grade porcelain, mainly sacrificial utensils, so there are few remains. However, since Yuan Qinghua was discovered in 1930s, its reputation has spread all over the world. Everyone knows its rarity and preciousness, even street vendors know its preciousness. If you can buy blue and white yuan easily and cheaply, it's suspicious. Be careful.

Second, don't be misled by the ancient porcelain appraisal theory book. According to the characteristics of ancient porcelain appraisal theory books, collectors often take pictures and put together fakes. At present, some theoretical monographs study the artistic achievements and history of China porcelain, and the discussion objects in the books often choose the famous products that best represent the achievements at that time. There are a lot of materials in this field, and counterfeiters often imitate them according to the characteristics and pictures described in these materials. In folk collection activities, it is difficult to meet a treasure once in a lifetime, so these books can only help us understand the porcelain-making achievements and representative famous products in various periods in history, and have little guiding significance for actual collection activities. But the imitations on the market have many characteristics consistent with those in the book. If you follow the map, you will be easily fooled. In another case, some authors have edited and published some catalogues to guide the purchase and collection in order to cater to the growing upsurge of collection. Often in order to add color to books, they will not hesitate to copy some pictures of treasures that cannot be circulated among the people or traded in the world, and mark the reference price at will, giving people the illusion that these treasures have already appeared in the market and are bought cheaply.

Third, don't set the collection position too high. It is a common problem for many enthusiasts to lack understanding of the types of porcelain that may be collected normally in their area and not determine the collection level from reality. Disdaining those ancient porcelains that are collectible and can be bought, just wanting to buy those rare porcelains that are impossible to appear, just fell into the trap of counterfeiters. This unrealistic concept of collection positioning has subjectively opened the contact distance with treasures.

In short, collectors should communicate with people who like to collect, complement each other's advantages and improve together. You should also look at the real thing, start with the real thing, and combine the book knowledge to form experience. Only by learning to appreciate in the collection, guiding the collection in appreciation, step by step, can we gradually improve.

Five most effective methods to identify ancient pottery

Ancient pottery has a long history and a wide variety. Many people like ancient ceramic works of art, but few people know how to identify them. There are five effective methods to identify ancient pottery:

1 and eyes. Is to look at the shape of ancient pottery, whether the shape is a typical product at that time, whether the shape is beautiful, and whether the leather shell is ancient, because? Really? The shapes of ancient pottery all look comfortable. .

Weigh it. That is, take the ancient pottery in your hand and weigh it. Old pottery is often lighter, because it will be soaked for a long time, dried and then wet, and then dried, the soil will become loose and the weight will become lighter. Such as eggshell pottery, only a few tens of grams.

Try using water. Pottery with fast draft is generally old, while new pottery has slow draft.

4 knock by hand. You can also listen to the sound when you identify ancient pottery. Does ancient pottery sound like it? Knock on wood? Voice, the voice is relatively low. What if we hit it? Ancient pottery? The voice is crisp and new.

5 nose smell. ? If you smell the suffocating smell of new pottery, it is new. ?

How to clean and maintain bone China

As the only recognized type of high-grade porcelain in the world, it is a great honor to own a set of bone China. But how to clean and maintain bone China in daily life to keep it bright for a long time?

Hand washing is the best way to clean bone China. With the development of science and technology, people have developed dishwashers, which will do harm to bone China. Porcelain glaze is delicate and easy to scratch. What should I choose if I don't want to wash by hand? Porcelain and crystal utensils? A dishwasher with cleaning function cleans bone China.

Clean the bone China, and be careful not to let two pieces of bone China collide, so as not to damage the bone China; Pay attention to porcelain when washing by hand to prevent it from falling to the ground and breaking; After cleaning, wipe off the water stains on the porcelain with a soft dry rag.

It is understood that the healthiest tea set at present is a porcelain cup. When drinking tea with bone China, tea stains are easy to remain on the cup wall and difficult to clean. Wash it in time after drinking tea, so as to avoid the difficulty of cleaning tea stains staying on the cup wall for a long time. If tea stains accumulate on the cup wall due to long-term non-cleaning, vinegar can be used instead of water for cleaning.

In the process of using porcelain, it is inevitable that there will be small bumps and some small scratches on the surface of porcelain. At this time, you can apply toothpaste to the scratched area and then wipe it off, so that the scratched area will not be so obvious or even invisible. It is very useful for restoring the brightness and overall aesthetic feeling of bone China.