How do you look at porcelain? In fact, there are habits and general steps here, so the average person looks at porcelain, mainly from several aspects, the first look is of course to look at the shape of the vessel, to see whether the firing is regular? This shape is divided into manual and machine work, if the object is a machine work, then there is no need to look any further, it will definitely not exceed 100 years of history.

For people who don't know the history of porcelain, I'm afraid it's difficult to understand what this is called machine qì work, isn't porcelain all made by hand?

So what exactly is a machine qì worker?

In fact, this machine qì worker mainly refers to the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, which introduced advanced porcelain-making machines from foreign countries, and the process of hand-making zuò porcelain by Jingdezhen masters, since then it has slowly withdrawn from the stage. If you want to say machine qì worker, that is actually the most popular at present, after all, the most widely used plates, plates, porcelain bowls, etc., these are actually machine qì workers, that kind of thing, if you use manual work, the cost is a bit high, so if you use organic qì, it must be used machine qì.

And almost all the old porcelain, the previous official kiln, is all ox taekin porcelain clay, hand-drawn, up to 45 centimeters after 8 pieces of patchwork, firing together, the process is complicated, those experienced porcelain identification experts, at a glance can see the difference between manual and machine work.

If you can't tell the difference between manual and mechanical, then if you play porcelain, it's best to bring a professional appraiser, at least who understands this. Otherwise, you'll have to wait to be deceived.

Of course, because handmade things are more beautiful and more unique. So even in the Republic of China period, there were still many handmade porcelain. But that will be a very common thing to know. It takes seventeen minutes to make a porcelain bowl, whereas in the past, it took four days to make the same bowl by hand.

There's a well-known saying – time is money, and no fool wants to spend four days doing something that can be done in just a few minutes. If it's a work of art, it's just that, ordinary supplies, machine qì workers are completely sufficient, and it's relatively easy to get started, unlike handmade. If you are not a skilled master, you will not be able to ship at all.

The second thing to see about this porcelain is the firing process, modern porcelain firing, divided into firewood and gas, if it is gas firing, then the time must be very close, this is a matter of common sense, at most it will not be earlier than 1967. So, play porcelain. It's not enough for you to just understand porcelain, you also have to understand some knowledge around it, otherwise, you don't know the most basic common sense and play porcelain. That's a joke.

When it comes to the history of firewood and gas-fired porcelain, it is mainly because of the measures taken by the state to control indiscriminate logging. Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people began to use gas for cooking. But Jingdezhen fired porcelain, but it has always been fired with firewood.

This continued until 1967. The state felt that it had to force the problem to be solved, so it issued a death order. Only then did the method of firing porcelain with firewood for thousands of years be changed to gas.

Speaking of which, in our country, sometimes orders are more effective than decrees, but there is no way, the rule of man has lasted for so long, and now it is too difficult to change it in a while and a half, so you can only take it slowly.

But some people are about to ask, what is the difference between this firewood-fired porcelain and gas-fired porcelain, and how can we distinguish it? There is no trick to this, it is necessary to rely on constantly touching, seeing, and then experience, and then it is naturally simple, like those masters in Jingdezhen, as soon as you get started, you can know whether it is burned by gas or firewood. It's not difficult to practice this kind of ability, the key is to get started more, you can't just look at it, if you can't even see it, then it's even more dumbfounded.

Let's just talk about Zhang Tianyuan, if you ask him to distinguish between firewood-fired porcelain and gas-fired porcelain, he can't tell the difference. Unless it is to use the word appreciation trick to identify, don't think about it, his knowledge reserve is almost the same now, and the key problem is that there are too few things to see, and even fewer things to touch.

If it can be determined that an object is both handmade and firewood-fired, then the next step can be to look at the bottom of the inscription, the style becomes very important at this time, basically can be used as the final stage of judging the authenticity of porcelain! Many people get to this point, and they directly believe that even if they are experts, they will be too confident and unwilling to continue to check, after all, time is limited, even in the antique shop, there may not be so long for you to appreciate, and you are not the only one who likes the same thing.

But the problem is here, as the so-called road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, you treasure connoisseurs know these identification techniques and steps, and the counterfeiters may be more aware than you experts, after all, they want to fake, or even to do high imitation, then you must know yourself and know your opponent, otherwise it is easy to be recognized.

Anyway, since I want to imitate it, it is certain that the shape of the instrument is definitely made by hand, I can't use the machine, it is not called counterfeiting, it is purely to make goods, although it takes many days to do it manually, but once this thing is sold, the money earned back is not necessarily half a point, for them, this is an absolutely cost-effective thing.

Of course, the shape of the instrument is made by hand, this is only the first step, the next firing, that must also be firewood, it is impossible to use gas, after all, the touch of the two is much worse, as long as it is a little experienced expert, a touch will be touched, what is called high imitation? that is the true and false is difficult to distinguish is called high imitation!

When the shape and firing work are completed in accordance with the process of the real product, and then an absolutely real base is brought and installed on the porcelain, so that the three steps are completed, and basically 80% of the treasure connoisseurs will fall on it. Today's scammers are also diversifying, and it is impossible for you to expose them all at once. Only in this way is the trinity, the three aspects combined. The high imitation made is the real one that can be difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Zhang Tianyuan had never encountered such a situation before. However, Dong Xueju, Dong Lao and Li Shuheng in Shangpu have seen a lot. When mentioning this kind of thing, Dong Lao always couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, because he had also been eyed on such porcelain, and the loss of money was a trivial matter, and the key problem was that he was aggrieved in his heart.

Zhang Tianyuan is really glad that he used to talk about these things on the phone with Dong Lao and Li Lao in the past, so he had such a concept in his mind, otherwise, even if he wanted to break his head today, he would not realize how this porcelain jar was fake. I'm afraid that it is just a matter of relying on the word appreciation to confirm that this thing is a fake, but the reason cannot be explained, which is also a very troublesome thing.

But then again, this high replica is so beautifully made, even the painting on it is so exquisite, it is almost exactly the same as the real thing. So in Zhang Tianyuan's opinion, it's hard to understand that this couple is really not a porcelain, they themselves may have been deceived, and they are still in the dark.

Put down that piece of shard. Zhang Tianyuan stood up, and at this time he heard Liu Mengxun talking to his mother Weng Hong: "Mom, let's not worry about these people, since it's already broken." It's enough to pay them some money, anyway, if something is broken, it's impossible to break the mirror and reunite, so it's not a problem to always make trouble here. ”

Liu Mengxun is ready to compromise. After all, for the Liu family, even if this blue and white porcelain jar is genuine. They can afford to lose it, so they don't have to spend it here. In the end, the police were recruited and the city was full of storms, so it was better to ask the other party what compensation he wanted, and simply pay for it.

Hearing this, Zhang Tianyuan didn't speak, just looked at the couple and waited for them to speak. From the words of these two people, he could tell whether the couple was touching porcelain or whether they were really kept in the dark.

However, Zhang Tianyuan felt quite worthwhile in his heart at this time, not that the thing was worth it, but because of this matter, he saw such a strange method of cheating, although he had heard it before, but this time he saw it with his own eyes. As the saying goes, it's better to see than to hear, and if you see this thing today, and you will encounter something similar in the future, it will be convenient to judge the authenticity. If you can't encounter such a clever method of counterfeiting early, it will not be worth it in the future if you are deceived for some reason.

The other party discussed for a while, and the man stretched out five fingers and said, "500,000 Hong Kong dollars! ”

"500,000 yuan! You think we are easy to bully, don't you? Is this broken thing worth 500,000?" Weng Hong was so angry that he was swearing, but his eyes looked at Zhang Tianyuan, he knew that Zhang Tianyuan was an expert in antiques, and Zhang Tianyuan had to determine this matter.

Zhang Tianyuan smiled and said: "Auntie, don't talk nonsense with them, just call the police, this is no longer touching porcelain, it is completely an economic fraud." ”

When he said this, Zhang Tianyuan deliberately paid attention to the expressions of the couple, and found that the couple was a little angry, and the expressions were definitely not pretended, he could basically conclude that the couple had really been deceived.

"How can you talk young man, how can you cheat?" the woman asked, unconvinced.

Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile: "Your so-called blue and white porcelain jar of the Song Dynasty is actually just a modern imitation, and it sticks to a real base! Not to mention that this thing may not have been smashed by my future mother-in-law, even if it is her, if you ask for 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, it is also a fraud." ”

"Fake!" the couple looked at each other, both full of disbelief.

"It seems that you don't believe it, no wonder, after all, I just said that! Well, there is an antique shop near this hotel, and I heard that the owner of the shop is very good at porcelain, whether it is true or not, let him see how it is? Let's stop arguing here, there is no result." Zhang Tianyuan said.

The husband and wife seemed to be a little depressed, and nodded subconsciously.

So Zhang Tianyuan carefully put away the fragments on the ground, and several people went out of the garage together to the nearby porcelain shop.

If it is a good porcelain jar, the boss here may not be able to see the real or fake, but now that it is broken, this flaw is easy to see, and the owner of this antique shop does have two brushes, and after looking at it with a high-magnification glass for a while, he said: "Fake, high imitation, not worth a few dollars, look at a few rich people, and don't care about the money, but try not to buy such a valuable thing in the future, it's not worth it!" (to be continued......)