Today, let's talk about the history of China, when did imitation jade begin, and some friends said that in the 90s, they did not start to imitate jade? In fact, China's imitation jade, China's antique jade atmosphere, strictly speaking, began in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty because of the literati society, so the former Dynasty Han and Tang Dynasty jade manufacturing, with deep respect, the number of literati society high ancient jade, the amount of existence is limited, in that period began to appear a large number of imitation of the Han dynasty jade and the main jade production, in the Song Dynasty jade allusions and records can be found, at that time in order to imitate the jade of the Han Dynasty, Some of the ancient patterns and letters copied, including some imitations of bronze ornaments, the jade made and processed, but the jade at this time is full of the feelings of some literati, more to commemorate the peak period of jade production in the Han Dynasty, and more of this kind of antique is to commemorate the peak state of jade production at that time of the Han Dynasty, and deliberately imitated and copied.
The second peak period of imitation of jade is actually the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty due to a large number of commercial popularization is the promotion of jewelry commercialization, that is, in the Ming Dynasty, jade completely entered the commodity society, becoming a major theme of valuable material exchange, a large number of folk wearing jade has also become a fashion, so Lingu and Ancient also became a feature of people wearing jade at that time, and also became a major accessory for people to pursue ancient jade at that time. Therefore, in this period, on the basis of the Song Dynasty, many new imitation techniques were developed, such as the old oil extraction that we often say, in fact, on the basis of the Song Dynasty, it was fully displayed in the Ming Dynasty.
The third stage of antique is actually in the Qianlong period, the antique of the Qianlong period is very different from the previous dynasty antique, Qianlong's antique is based on the copying of the palace office, he even on the bottom, including the back of the porcelain will be written with the words Qianlong antique, the main purpose is to commemorate the peak state of the ancient jade manufacturing, but also to use today's better materials to reflect the artistic value of craftsmen, this kind of antique is not only in the accessories more is the use of good jade, Jade to make some imitation of the bronze ceremonial vessel ornaments, such as incense burners, cups, and some large furnishings, many of the shapes are imitation of the Bronze ware of the Shang Zhou Period, qianlong period due to the enhancement of national strength, especially Qianlong Good Ancient His pursuit and hobby of ancient jade has surpassed ordinary people, he not only likes to inscribe poems and inscriptions on it, but also likes to re-produce according to his requirements according to the requirements of ancient jade. Therefore, Qianlong's antique is also a work of art with a very high artistic standard from our modern perspective.
The fourth stage is in the Republic of China period, the Republic of China period of the antique is very different from the early Qianlong period of France, because the Republic of China period is relatively speaking, one is the Republic of China period of China's literati society, the bourgeoisie began to sprout, at the same time a large number of overseas gold prospectors and some missionaries into China treasure hunting, treasure hunting, because many Western collectors are very interested in China's traditional cultural items, which also brought a part of the commercial interest considerations. Many jade manufacturing and antiques are in order to meet the market demand of this part, and specially processed and manufactured, of course, there are also many patriots in the middle of this in order to prevent the real ancient jade from flowing out of the country, and deliberately copy the ancient imitation to sell to these collectors who come to China to pan for gold.
After the fifth stage of the Republic of China, in fact, the last antique should be strictly speaking in the late 70s and 80s began, many people do not understand such a statement, in fact, carefully check some of the domestic export foreign exchange exchange documents and records can be known, after the founding of the Country due to the shortage of domestic foreign exchange, so the domestic cultural relics stores at that time undertook a large number of foreign exchange tasks, the domestic collection and acquisition of some cultural relics back, Use foreign exchange to sell to some overseas collectors who like to collect ancient Chinese jade in exchange for a large amount of foreign exchange, but then the market prospects in this area are more impressive, and at the same time, some domestic jade manufacturing and processing plants, batch manufacturing methods, began to produce specialized antiques, so from the 60s and 70s onwards, many domestic jade manufacturing and processing plants, have undertaken the jade bonsai, flowers, ornaments and a variety of antique jade production and processing, a lot of old craftsmanship at this time, The craftsmen still continued some of the craft techniques inherited from the Republic of China, and effectively combined the new and old craftsmanship methods in the use of jade materials, making great contributions to the export of foreign exchange.
The last antique craft should be after the 80s, in the late 1980s due to the discovery of Hongshan ancient jade, caused collectors at home and abroad, especially in Southeast Asia, to buy in a big way, bringing about a sharp rise in the price of Hongshan jade, so in various regions of Liaoning began to appear imitation of Hongshan cultural jade based on some small plus workshops and township enterprises, to the 90s in Anhui Bengbu jade plus workshops and practitioner groups reached more than 3,000 households, accounting for one-sixth of the entire BENGBU GDP So in the 1990s, Bengbu's antique jade is mainly based on imitation of the Spring and Autumn Warring Han jade manufacturing, has reached a peak, while the domestic such as Shaanxi is mainly imitation bronze, Henan is mainly imitation weaving pottery, etc., a large number of imitation antiques, antiques, including jade manufacturing on a scale, to the turn of the century after the 2000s of this jade production gradually expanded, has penetrated into various regions and counties and some private workshops.
So when you buy an antique to buy an ancient jade, first of all we have to see if this jade is really to the generation, if it is imitation, you have to see clearly which era of imitation characteristics he meets, if it is the Song Dynasty is now also expensive, if it is Qianlong imitation is also an art treasure, even if the export of foreign exchange during the period of imitation lost to overseas, now the acquisition back also has a high collection value, but if it is the 80s or even after the 90s imitation, Maybe you have to put this thing in your hand for hundreds of years before you can really balance its value, so we are learning and collecting a piece of jade, the most basic is to first judge from the jade ornamentation, pattern, material, process, its Qin color and other angles, do not think that what you bought in the 80s or bought in the 90s will not be fakes, fakes are everywhere, the only thing in this world that can not deceive you is your own pair of eyes full of wisdom, if you want to be less deceived, you have to pay more energy to learn, Boost your eyesight.