There is a saying in the collection that "old tools are treasures if they are new". Most people's impression of antiques are old, including the time of the mulberry and the grinding of the years, such an understanding is not wrong, for the antique utensils passed down from generation to generation, on the one hand, due to the long age, often in the oxygen-rich environment, the oxidation of the surface of the artifacts, the longer the time, the thicker the oxidation paste, the thicker and more solemn the oxidation paste; in addition to the oxidation of the pulp, the utensils in the process of passing in the world, will be intentional or unintentional wear and tear and consumption, at the same time, the utensils in the hands of different people, different degrees of have different people's breath and branding, The information on the artifacts can also become disorganized and confusing.
On the other hand, heirloom artifacts, generally common folk practical utensils, often have traces of use, and the age is relatively not a long time ago artifacts, because under the influence of the objective historical environment, it is rare that the millennium before the soil can be passed down to the present, many of the thousand-year artifacts that have been handed down to the present are also excavated several times, and then can be passed down to the present. The aging characteristics of the artifacts passed down from generation to generation, professionals engaged in cultural collections and antiques business, have always studied it quite thoroughly.
Now a common mainstream argument, more than 95% of folk utensils are fakes, to think about it at a deeper level, one point is really bound by the rigid old-fashioned thinking, instinctive rejection and denial of new things and phenomena, rather than actively exploring and understanding, it has to be said that it is a regret within the system.
Artifacts of more than a thousand years must be passed down from generation to generation, it is bound to be few and far between, but due to China's thousands of years of feudal history and cultural inheritance, the wind of thick burial and the wind of cellaring is a social and cultural custom, and it is also a way of civilization inheritance, and for thousands of years, the emperors of all generations will always bring the most essential material and spiritual wealth of an era into the underground world for different reasons and purposes, keep it secretly, and then reproduce it in different ways at a certain time.
If it is an archaeological excavation at the national level, the excavated artifacts are national wealth, with clear origins and clear inheritance, and naturally they are properly preserved as national treasures.
However, if they are intentionally or unintentionally discovered or excavated in the private sector, most of these artifacts must have flowed into the folk, and the actual situation is indeed considerable. The identification of these artifacts, in the face of today's mainstream institutions, due to the unspeakable and unspeakable, knowable and unknowable reasons, is currently not recognized, but this kind of artifacts are different from the heirloom artifacts, mostly with exquisite materials, exquisite craftsmanship, artifacts such as new external characteristics, high artistic aesthetic value and attracted a group of unique folk collectors to collect and study.
Take porcelain as an example, "old utensils as new is treasure", these or tomb excavations, or cellar excavations, or site excavations, or rivers and lakes out of the sea of utensils, many years ago, the characteristics of the era of utensils are obvious, because the utensils are made of materials exquisite, fine research, in a closed and oxygen-deficient stable environment preservation, most of the utensils have a layer of oxide layer similar to the film layer protection, the luster is soft and clear, warm as new, but and the modern new artifact surface of the raw fire, high brightness floating light is different, And modern work to make the old utensils are even more different; because these artifacts unearthed in a simple environment, some of them were deeply hidden at the beginning of production, there is no trace of use, these artifacts are cleaner and purer than the information contained in the artifacts passed down from generation to generation, can very clearly convey the charm and characteristics of the times, and there is no lack of new types, never seen in the collection and inheritance, nor seen in the literature records, but the proportion of the utensils is coordinated, the materials are exquisite, and there is a high aesthetic value and cultural connotation of the craft.
Compared with modern arts and crafts antique works, these artifacts are more than one chess piece in terms of materials, craftsmanship, artistic styles and expression methods and cultural connotations, judging from the aesthetic artistic value, their production level is beyond the current era, but most of their prices in the market are far below its actual value.
Of course, the excavation of tombs, cellars, sites, and the artifacts unearthed in rivers, lakes and seas also have different characteristics and imprints on the surface of the utensils, which need to be elaborated in the future.
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