Lao Luo answered Jin Muchen's questions here, and it seemed that he didn't have any reservations, and told Jin Muchen a lot about the counterfeiting of antique jade.

But Jin Muchen actually knew that this Lao Luo definitely didn't tell himself everything, what he said to himself was half a sentence, some things, although they seemed to be very thorough, but if you really operate as he said, it is very likely that not only will you not be able to make a decent guy, but you may even directly make the jade bad.

After all, theoretical knowledge alone is not enough, and this guy must have kept a hand for himself, and he definitely didn't tell himself about many post-processing processes.

But none of this matters, after all, I don't plan to learn these fake knowledge from him, as long as I have a general understanding of how these fakes are made.

And at the same time that Lao Luo and he were blowing and blowing about how this antique fake jade was made, Sister Tao on the other side was also lying on those counters, carefully looking at the fake jade in the counter.

I have to say that this Lao Luo is indeed a master of fraud, such as the antique jade on his counter, if he doesn't say it himself, if Jin Muchen doesn't have those golden eyes, just looking at the appearance of those jades, as well as the color of the jade itself, it is easy to regard these jades as genuine.

This guy's counterfeiting skills are really not to say, coupled with his 'dedicated' attitude, any kind of fake is carved out according to the prototype one by one, and the fake jade produced in this way can definitely reach the point of being fake.

Jin Muchen didn't plan to buy such a fake. But Sister Tao plans to rely on these fakes. Go to North America and turn over. So at this time she looked very carefully.

As the owner of the underground antique business for many years, Xiangjiang will not talk about Japan and the United States, Sister Tao often goes, especially the United States, she has been there I don't know how many times.

And I don't know how many times the underground auction she presided over over there was held, and there were many small owners of American antique shops every time. Or some folk Chinese antique lovers attended.

What kind of things those guys like, she couldn't be clearer.

In fact, those European and American whites, they are not as crazy about jade as the Chinese, after all, jade is not a particularly high-end gem in essence.

Those white-skinned ghost animals like gems more than jade, they don't understand the gentleman like jade in Chinese culture, and they don't know what it means to raise jade.

But in recent years. Jade is a very popular thing in the Western antique market. The reason for this is simple.

That is because in recent years, Chinese mainland's economy has been on fire, and with it, Chinese culture has gradually become popular.

In any case, China is one of the few ancient civilizations in the world, and if you can get one or two pieces of this country's antiques, put them at home or wear them on your body, it will look particularly B-class.

Like porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is needless to say, that thing is not only liked by Chinese, but also by white-skinned ghost animals, and the price has always been high in the Western antique world.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to get the real thing, and if you come across something really good, it is also a high-end product that can easily cost millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, so the average rich person really can't afford to play it.

But jade is different, first of all, this thing is not big, it is suitable to put it at home or on the body, and secondly, the price is not very high.

The ordinary ones are a few thousand dollars, the better ones are tens of thousands of dollars, and the more expensive ones are more than 100,000 dollars.

It is in this kind of thinking atmosphere that this Chinese antique jade has been particularly popular in the European and American markets in recent years.

But fire is fire, these foreign devils, after all, are novices who have just entered this industry, except for those old connoisseurs who have long been looking at Chinese history for decades, most of the European and American tycoons, when collecting ancient jade, are basically in accordance with the preferences of Westerners.

First of all, when they choose jade, they do not look at the material first, like the Chinese.

If a Chinese antique lover chooses an ancient jade collection, then he will first look at the material of this jade, whether it is nephrite, or jadeite, or Hetian's mutton fat white jade, or jasper, and will first divide the grade according to the material of the jade itself.

Then it will see whether this jade is from a famous family, it was worn by the royal relatives of the year, or it was played by the local tyrants and landlords, and the third is to look at the carving, to see whether the carving is fine, and whether it comes from the hands of the famous family of the year.

Generally, Chinese collectors who choose to collect ancient jade will follow this step, and then judge how high the value of the jade can be.

The white-skinned ghost animals in the West are different, the first thing they collect is not the material, but whether there is a story behind the thing, whether it was used by the emperor's relatives or historical celebrities.

The second is to look at the age, they choose ancient jade, which one is older, the best is the Shang and Zhou dynasties, because the longer the history, the longer the age, they buy it and collect it, so that they can take it out in the future when it is displayed, improve their B grid.

To put it nicely, people call it looking for a sense of history.

The second is to look at the carver, to see if the carver is beautiful, as for whether it is from the hands of any famous artist, they don't care, as long as this thing is carved beautifully, in line with their Western aesthetics, it is enough, anyway, the more complicated the knife work, the better, the more skills used, the better.

On the contrary, they don't like the kind of simple and smooth knife work that we Chinese like, because that kind of jade, in their eyes, is not artistic......

Finally, it depends on the material, but unlike the mutton fat white jade that Chinese like, they prefer the dark jasper.

Because in their opinion, those mutton fat white jade, just so bare and white, what color, what pulp and the like they don't know how to fly at all, anyway, they won't be like the Chinese, the whole day that piece of jade, playing in their hands, coiling.

On the contrary, the kind of jasper that is darker in color and more bewitching is more in line with their appetite, because such jade, in their opinion, is closer to the color of gemstones......

This is the perception and opinion of those Western antique collectors that Sister Tao has contacted over the years, and the understanding and opinion of Chinese on jade, which is absolutely very different and completely different.

Of course, this can also be said to be a manifestation of a clear cultural difference!

Of course, collectors with such knowledge must be the kind of nouveau riche who are just starting out, and those who are real sinologists, or old experts who have played with Chinese antiques all their lives, will definitely not think so.

But the real sinologists, or the old experts, or whatever, because they don't show up in that kind of underground market, they tend to show up in high-end auctions.

Therefore, Sister Tao's target customer group is not them, so when she chooses Lao Luo's fake jade at this time, she just tries to pick those works that look very tacky and have no characteristics.

And the energy is mainly concentrated on those jade cong, jade gui, jade bi, these things are basically the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the main type of jade, the carving on it is also particularly exquisite, Lao Luo's workmanship is also nothing to say.

If you take something like this to North America, those laymen will definitely like it.

Sister Tao was selecting the goods over there, and Jin Muchen felt a little bored after watching it for a while, so she casually asked Lao Luo.

"Then you don't have any real goods here except for these fakes?"

"Hehe, don't tell me, I really have ...... here"

When this old Luo said this, the expression on his face looked a little weird, and Jin Muchen also chuckled in his heart when he saw it, and at the same time he was curious.

"Oh? If there's something, show it to me. ”

"Okay, I'll take you to see it."

As soon as Lao Luo turned around, he came to the corner of the basement downstairs, there was originally a screen blocking it, and Jin Muchen didn't pay much attention to it, at this time, Lao Luo took him to the screen, and as soon as he opened the screen, the things behind it were exposed, Jin Muchen saw this, and immediately held his breath.

This is a beautifully carved table, and the shape of the vessel is very large.

The bench is about one meter five high, the leg length is about half a meter, the backrest behind is about one meter, and there are armrests on both sides.

Jin Muchen didn't look closely, and he didn't want to see what those words were written, and at this time, the attention he had waited for was attracted by the back of the cabinet and the carvings on the leg circumference below.

He walked in and squatted down to take a closer look, these carvings can be seen that they are all hand-carved, there is no trace of modern machined jade, and the processing is very serious, the edges and corners are particularly rounded, obviously after the carving is completed, it has been carefully polished.

The backrest and bench surface of the cabinet have an iron-red color, and there is white gray leather on the armrests, if you just look at these features, this should be a jade cabinet that has just come out, but when it is closer, he does not smell the earthy smell unique to the antiques that have been driven out.

After taking a closer look, he did see some jewels on this jade table, but it was not the usual kind...... (To be continued.) )