Antique collecting terminology

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Punching - the cracks that appear at the mouth of the utensil due to collision with other objects, vary in length, mostly appear on bowls and plates porcelain, and there is also the phenomenon of not punching outside and not punching inside.

Hairy mouth - the glaze of the mouth edge is intermittently missing.

Grinding - After the edge of the mouth is damaged, it is rubbed off one or most or even all of it.

Raw edge - the glaze covering of the mouth surface of the utensil is all off due to injury.

Heavy skin - the mouth of the utensil is seriously injured and there is a hidden danger of cross-section, but the appearance is still intact; The glaze has split but has not peeled off, and often falls off at the touch of a button.

Brown eye - a small hole formed by the bubbles of the porcelain glaze after melting and bursting in the kiln.

Shrinkage glaze - there is oil stain on the porcelain tread, and the glaze applied is not all attached to the leakage phenomenon.

Glaze leakage - when the utensils are glazed, there is local leakage and there is no glaze.

Flakes - interlaced fine cracked pieces of different lengths appear on the glazed surface of porcelain, which are slightly the same as those of the opening slices.

Soft channel - the fine silk lines that appear on the glaze of porcelain after a long period of friction.

Cold ink - a vessel that should not have a flake pattern, but one or two stripes appear on the glaze, and the carcass is permeable or impermeable. Loss of brightness - the expression of glazed or painted objects, the scars left after being scratched by hard objects.

Wounded glaze - due to the friction between the glaze and other objects, the fatal glaze surface is locally damaged.

Glaze peeling - the glaze is eroded by acid, alkali and salt, or the glaze is soaked in the soil.

Grinding - deliberately grinding off blue and white, red color and other items, passing off other age utensils.

Grinding the bottom - there is a glaze in the soles of the feet, and the glaze is worn off for some purpose, such as deliberately impersonating other ages.

Re-firing - the second kiln barbecue.

Smoked - Smoked with incense to make it old and smell it.

Leg matching - the leg or foot of the incense burner, horse, beast, etc. has been mutilated, and the leg is mended.

Matching lids - matching the lids of different utensils of different dynasties.

Fried patterns - after the neck, shoulders or abdomen of the object is hit, radiating chicken claw patterns appear.

Rust - the utensils have been immersed in soil and water for a long time, and chemicals such as gray yellow, iron red or patina have adhered to the surface of the utensils.

Repair the glaze - in the missing part of the mouth or the grinding mouth, apply the glaze juice, and burn it.

Fake excavation - antique all kinds of utensils, deliberately buried in the ground for a long time, in order to be as old as the old, low-temperature lead glaze and colorful, pastel and other utensils, especially easy to oxidize or corroded.

Spout flow - the pot flow has disappeared and is patched with other mouths.

After the engraving of the Yin - carved with a diamond tool on the utensils, without glaze, or after the engraving of the glaze into the kiln baking, after the engraving of the word, the glaze of the cut surface is somewhat uneven, and the glaze edge is not smooth.

Later, the Yang text - at the bottom of the utensils, the Yang text is engraved and filled with glaze, or the glaze is written with a pile of glaze, which is not clear enough

Moving bricks --- don't spend money to sell other people's things, and earn the difference in price.

--- who pay tuition fees are not very knowledgeable, and always spend money to buy new goods, and are deceived by others and called "paying tuition".

Some people in the --- industry have good eyesight, but they don't have the money to open a store, so they use blue cloth to "pick up goods" in various antique shops, and then sell them. This phenomenon of dealing in antiques is called "baggage shosai".

There is a glance--- that this thing is good, and the artistic value is high, saying "this Guanyin bottle has a glance".

Put it away--- the buyer doesn't want a certain collection, but asks the seller to take it back, just say put it away.

Pretty --- a more exquisite collection. Generally refers to the collection term of porcelain.

When you open the door --- look at the collection, you will encounter an old genuine product, which is called "opening the door" or "eye-catching goods".

The sky-high price --- sky-high asking price, and the price is much higher than the market price.

The profit of the transaction price --- transaction is very low, and sometimes it is even "loss", which is called "line price".

Condition--- whether this thing is well preserved or not is said to be in good condition, and if it is damaged, it means that it is not in good condition.

Stocking--- Collections purchased or collected by antique dealers from rural markets or collectors are called stocking.

The --- is the best treasure of the town store in the owner's store.

If you buy eye-catching goods from your peers --- are "not old" or the price is too high, the shopkeeper can ask the guild in the industry to help mediate.

Asking the other party to make a concession or return the goods is called "smashing the pulp" in the industry.

Walking the treasure --- is to sell at a loss, and sell the worth of 100,000 or thousand. The buyer is "picking and selling".

Picking --- is a very cheap price to buy something very valuable.

The old imitation --- the old in the Ming and Qing dynasties is called "old imitation", and now the old is "new imitation".

To the generation--- the collection of good vintage, to reach a certain age is called "to the generation" or "enough year".

Thief light--- The glaring light of the glaze of the new porcelain is called "thief light" or "firelight".

Pulp --- heirloom antiques have a layer of natural and warm luster, called "pulp".

Shengkeng--- newly unearthed thing is called "Shengkeng".

After taking --- investor, they decided to buy the collection. I took this collection.

Tight prices--- insist on high prices, and want to sell for a good price.

Fiber pulling --- is the middleman, the introducer. The middleman collects a commission, generally 3% for the seller and 2% for the buyer, commonly known as "three into two".

Look at the new --- this thing is a bit new, the thing is not the generation, modern imitation.

Wrap up--- buyer decides to buy the collection, ask the seller to wrap the collection, I want this thing, please wrap it.

After asking for it--- the buyer decides to buy a certain piece of the collection.

Insect --- has collected a lot of things that can make the viewer's eyes light up. Even the entire store's collection of antiques can't match this one. In layman's terms, it is a collection with the treasure of the town store.

It's useless--- buyers don't want this collection and don't think it's very interesting, and it's generally useless.

Eye---- is also called "eye-catching", where buyers buy items that are not worth the price at a higher price, or buy fakes.

Palm eye --- this thing is not sure to see the age, ask a master to "palm" for you to see the old and new.

Holding goods--- antique merchants take each other's goods away and sell them on their behalf, that is, "holding goods". In the past 100 years, there has been no "hugging" and non-trustworthiness in the industry, forming a traditional rule of the industry.

---Some people think that there is nothing wrong with going to the countryside to buy goods from peasants, but they do not know that these goods are deliberately "planted by counterfeit businessmen" in partnership with peasants.

If --- seller says that the goods are absolutely on the generation, and the buyer sees that it is a new imitation, and has to take into account the face of the store, he can only say: "It doesn't look good".

Shoveling land--- not opening a store himself, running to the countryside to receive goods, or robbing ancient tombs. After getting the things, they sold them to various merchants, and the people in the industry called them "guerrillas", also known as "shoveling land".

One shot--- selling the good and bad goods together is called a "kick".

Stay--- the previous delivery of the package, the buyer decides to buy his stuff and let the delivery person leave the goods.

Eating elixir--- I bought a cheap favorite collection called "eating elixir".

Blocking a --- raising the price of the bidder to buy first, the opponent said that he was blocked.

Partner--- two or more people buying and selling antiques in partnership. The selling price has already been agreed, and it can be sold by one family at the time of sale, but the actual sale price must be made public and the profit must be distributed equally.

A mallet --- is a person who can't read things new and old, good and bad. He is always a person who has been deceived, and insiders say that he is a mallet. The seller sells new goods to him, and calls him "mallet" behind his back.

Killing pigs --- is a colloquial language used by people who deal in new imitation porcelain to sell fake goods, and they take the new imitation things to the place where they make an appointment with customers and sell them to customers, they call killing pigs.

Catch ----- go to the market to buy antiques and say catch goods, just caught a Guangxu official kiln.

I play with ----- porcelain. Meaning, I'm a collector of porcelain.

I eat ----- porcelain. Meaning, I buy porcelain.

Accepting ----- to buy a collection is called inclusion. Earlier antique terminology.

Chasing ----- found a very good collection and chasing the price at the auction.

Even ----- some buy collections in antique shops, not called buying, but even. Can you give me this piece of jade?

Let ----- some antique dealers buy things, not to buy but to let go. Give me this piece of porcelain.

Insiders in the ----- of play call collecting playing, and when you meet for the first time, you ask "what do you play", which means what you collect.

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