Old imitation

"Are you so optimistic about this jade pot spring bottle?" Asan looked at Jia Sidao in disbelief.

"It's not that I'm very optimistic about this thing." Jia Sidao said thinking, "but if you don't want it, I can collect it at a relatively low price." As he said, he looked a little teasing when he looked at A San again. However, Jia Sidao was still quite sure of the quality of this jade pot spring bottle. It was just because there were signs of "repairing", so he felt that the value in collection was not very high.

However, if Jia Sidao is about to take it back and take action, he will probably still make a lot of money.

This is the case with the antiques. Either you are going to cheat or you are being cheated! It is not embarrassing to sell an "old imitation" thing to some young people in the antique market, or so-called novices. Since you want to collect antiques, it depends on your own eyesight.

Jia Sidao would not tell A San directly that this thing was "repaired". After all, even if Jia Sidao said it, A San might not believe it. Could it be that Jia Sidao can use his supernatural ability to prove it to A San?

"Oh," A San sighed and said in a low voice, "I just think it's a bit strange. It seems that the appearance of this jade pot spring bottle is not quite like this!"

"No?" Jia Sidao asked later, "Do you see something wrong?"

"I'm not very accurate, it's just a feeling." As San seemed to be a little perfunctory as he spoke. However, Jia Sidao on the side would not think that Asan was deliberately trying to hide something. Sometimes, in the identification of antiques, he still needs to rely on the intuition of an expert. It's not that all antiques must be judged by intuition; however, not all antiques can be completely judged by the knowledge in the book!

A person’s intuition may not be completely accurate. However, if you have bad intuition and still offer unscrupulously, you will be a fool.

Jia Sidao looked at A San and wondered if there was no mistake after repairing the jade pot spring bottle. However, because it was indeed repaired, this is too perfect for an expert who is very insightful in porcelain, and it is also a kind of doubt!

The only thing Jia Sidao is not sure enough is that with Ah San's eyesight, he shouldn't have such ability? You know, even Mr. Wei may not have such insights in identifying porcelain.

"By the way," Jia Sidao suddenly slapped his forehead and said to A San, "Do you think the erosion marks on this jade pot spring bottle are too obvious?" This is the question that Jia Sidao also had in his mind when he first saw this jade pot spring bottle. At this moment, seeing A San frowning and thinking, he asked curiously.

"Yes, yes, yes. That's the reason." Asan couldn't help but lit up his eyes and said, "I said, why do I always think something is wrong? It turns out that it is a problem of erosion traces."

Since both of them found the reason, the next decision will be easy.

To put it bluntly, the erosion traces on this jade pot spring bottle this time are indeed very conspicuous at first glance, and it is easy to think that this is an ancient porcelain unearthed. However, it is precisely because of its quality and its erosion traces that A San couldn't confirm it for a long time.

Relatively speaking, general unearthed cultural relics, especially porcelain, are divided into two types according to the usual rules. One is like new porcelain. For example, before the underground environment is very superior, there will be no many mud marks on it. In this way, the traces of erosion will be very rare and even gone; if there are mud marks on it, it means that when it is underground, it has been surrounded by the soil for a long time. Naturally, there will be some irregular erosion marks.

This is also because a certain amount of "soil rust" will be formed under the surrounding of heavy soil.

If there is no problem with the age of this jade pot spring bottle, it must belong to the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. It has been at least five or six hundred years since then. It has been buried underground for such a long time, and the traces of erosion are not too much, it must be fake, unless it is excavated from an ancient tomb that has not been destroyed at all.

However, if there are too many traces of erosion, it will appear too artificial.

Jia Sidao proposed that the group went to the backyard to see where these things were dug out. They didn’t want to see the original buried environment of the unearthed porcelain. Since they were all in their own backyard, from the on-site observation, it is indeed very likely that such a place would be dug out some antiques buried by their ancestors. Moreover, the underground of their backyard, the natural environment, the humidity of the soil, etc., must be worse than even the ancient tombs that were stolen.

It is natural to form heavy erosion marks on the jade pot spring bottle.

At this moment, A San thought of the jade pot spring bottle that Jia Sidao had just judged was something that belonged to the "old imitation". This possibility suddenly increased a little.

The so-called "old imitation" is also a kind of "old thing" mentioned by experts. It means that things are not made by modern people, but they are at a certain distance from the age when the quality of things is revealed. For example, the shape of this jade pot spring bottle belongs to the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. However, the things may have been made by some porcelain makers during the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China and imitated the jade pot spring bottle from the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

Such things are naturally still of course of collection value today. Moreover, as long as they are imitated porcelain, the quality is intact and even have a certain technical content, their value may even be higher than the real jade pot spring bottles in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. It is like some fine products from the official kilns of the Qing Dynasty. For example, some imitated Ming Dynasty official kiln porcelains from the Qianlong period are no less valuable than Ming Dynasty porcelains!

Of course, if it is a "old imitation" of a folk kiln, it may be greatly reduced in terms of value. Compared with the former, it is worse than in terms of craftsmanship, artistic value and collection value.

Just like nowadays, some folk porcelain makers imitate some ancient porcelain and put them on the market, which are imitations, trying to distort the real ones. However, these imitations of porcelain have remained intact after hundreds of years or even thousands of years. Then, in terms of value, naturally, they are very objective. However, these folk imitations cannot be comparable to some fine porcelains of the current era, right?

Jia Sidao and A San looked together and saw that the time was almost over, so it was hard for everyone to bargain in the backyard, so they went back to the house with the man surnamed Hu and others.

On the way, Jia Sidao asked A San with his eyes, whether he wanted to take the jade pot spring bottle. After all, Xiao Ma was looking for A San first when he came to see the goods. Of course, the three of them were mainly A San. If A San gave up himself, Jia Sidao could intervene. Otherwise, Jia Sidao would be embarrassed to compete with A San explicitly, right?

A San blinked his eyes slightly. Jia Sidao immediately understood.

In the final analysis, A San is quite optimistic about this jade pot spring bottle. It was nothing more than being scared by the erosion marks on it before. However, when checking the terrain of the man surnamed Hu, A San was able to make a judgment. No matter how bad this thing is, it should be an old imitation from the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

The value is not as high as the authentic jade pot spring bottle in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, but you can also try it and ask the man surnamed Hu for a price. If it is suitable, A San will naturally not miss the opportunity to pick up a small leak.

So, after arriving in the house, A San and the man surnamed Hu began to bargain, while Jia Sidao continued to check out the other antique collections. Jia Sidao did not intend to look at the white jade pendant again. Even if it was the jade pendant from the Republic of China period, the carving craftsmanship was very exquisite, because its texture was impure, the benefits that could be obtained would not be very high.

Collections such as jade are the same as jadeites that Jia Sidao is now engaged in. In addition to the more "virtual" value orientations of the carving process and era, the most important thing is to look at the texture of the jadeite itself! Just like a spinach green bean jade pendant, no matter how exquisitely the carving is or how perfect the design is, can its price be higher than a piece of glass imperial green jade material of similar size?

Unless this jade artifact has a lot to do with some special events in history, or with a celebrity in history.

To put it in a more popular analogy, it is a famous person in history, even if he is a stone around him. If he has a special habit, such as like carrying such a stone with him, then the value of this stone must be far higher than its own value!

It’s like in the usual market, when there are antique vendors bragging about what they have on hand, they always say: This is something someone has used!

This is also a celebrity effect!

"Xiao Jia, are you interested in something?" Xiao Ma approached Jia Sidao. When he asked, he looked at the white jade pendant and the rough pottery basin on the table. It was self-evident that he came to ask Jia Sidao's final purpose.

"Why, Brother Xiaoma, you are interested in it and are ready to take action?" Jia Sidao smiled and looked at Xiaoma.

Xiaoma also had a smile on her face and nodded embarrassedly.

With the funds he had at hand, if he wanted the jade pot spring bottle, he would not have the strength no matter whether the thing was true or false. Besides, with Xiaoma's shrewdness, he would definitely not compete with A San for the jade pot spring bottle. As for some other things, such as the "iron lump" placed on the table, although he first looked at such a thing, he couldn't even understand it himself, so he naturally wouldn't buy it rashly.

Xiaoma is not a business of "shutting the ground". No matter what kind of thing it is, whenever he encounters something old, he will prepare to take it all out before talking about it. What he is doing is setting up street stalls on the antique street. When collecting things, he will naturally consider the value of the things he has taken and whether it is convenient to take action.

What's more, since the group has been to the backyard of a man surnamed Hu, from the surface, these things are clearly old things, and they were dug up by a man surnamed Hu himself. Therefore, when the man surnamed Hu offers a price, the price will definitely be raised to a higher price.

As for Xiaoma, A San, Jia Sidao and others believe that the things are real. They were dug up by a man surnamed Hu, and that is the business of the three of them. If you think it is fake, you can't let it go? So, when talking about the price, you can't take things, right? It's a matter of the matter!

In this way, Xiaoma no longer needs to take the risk of collecting an "iron bump" that she can't understand.

However, small objects like the white jade pendant are easier to attack on his antique stall. Jia Sidao could understand the idea of ​​taking over the white jade pendant. As for the pottery basin, Jia Sidao looked at it and was completely in awe. Since Xiaoma was trying his best to ask questions in advance and even signaled with his eyes, Jia Sidao was not good at winning the favor at this time!

After Xiaoma nodded, Jia Sidao also nodded.

Everything is indifferent!

As for Xiaoma afterwards, if she really gained some benefits from this pottery basin, she wouldn't talk about other benefits. At least she wouldn't be able to get away with Jia Sidao for a meal.

After having such a tacit understanding and decision, Xiaoma immediately proposed to ask Jia Sidao to help him check this pottery basin, and it would be best if he could help him check it. Of course, Jia Sidao knew very well that most of it should be polite. Xiaoma could not know that Jia Sidao's current identification eyesight lies in jade and jade! If you talk about other things, with the little experience Jia Sidao has been in the collection of antiques, he obviously has not reached the eyesight of an expert and lacks the qualification to help others!

"Forget it." Jia Sidao smiled politely. Xiao Ma didn't force him when he heard this!

Anyway, Jia Sidao was thinking that he would not be able to check the pottery basin again. Because, no matter how good the thing was, it would be a "big leak", it would not be something that belonged to him. What's the point of seeing it now? Instead, it will affect his current mood. If you want to blame it, you can only blame yourself for not taking the initiative in time.

The immediate focus is the remaining two items, and there is no one who wants yet. Jia Sidao can go up and take a look. See if he can find out special information!

After a little hesitation, Jia Sidao took the lead in picking up the pony and checked it, but he didn't see any famous "iron bump". It's just that it is a "iron bump", mainly because it resembles its appearance!

That's right? It's about five fingers long, about three fingers wide, and about one finger in thickness. After weighing it in your hand, Jia Sidao felt it was quite heavy. Even if it was not iron, it should be a metal such as copper.

Because there are a lot of rust on the surface of the "block", and under these rusts, there is a kind of blue color. This makes Jia Sidao pay attention to it carefully. It is actually the same color all over. It seems that it feels like bronze. Logically speaking, such metal things should not be cleaned with clean water after they are unearthed. However, the "iron bumps" I saw at this time may be because the man surnamed Hu doesn't know how to preserve them, and there are obvious signs of cleaning on it!

For this reason, Jia Sidao could only sigh helplessly. In many cases, some rare antiques and objects lost a large part of them because they were not properly preserved and collected. However, this regretful heart disappeared after only a moment. Because the iron lumps after cleaning can obviously make Jia Sidao see this thing more clearly.

On the front of this "lag", some carved patterns are vaguely retained, and there are some seemingly texts or special symbols. In addition, the surrounding area of ​​this thing seems to be uneven, as if it was suddenly broken. Therefore, what I just mentioned is the length and width, which can only be a rough description.

What Jia Sidao could be sure of is that the original appearance of this thing is definitely not the size you see now. It should be bigger. And the part in front of you can only be considered a part of it.

So, after looking upside down in my hand, Jia Sidao had not yet figured it out. Is the so-called length and width seen the original length and width? As for the marks left on the front, Jia Sidao was even more puzzled.

Frowning, Jia Sidao understood in his heart. No wonder even a hawker like Xiaoma who has been hiding in the antique street for many years did not know what this thing was.
Chapter completed!