Wen play is rampant with fakes, and can become rich overnight, but if you want to pick up leaks, how can players reduce the chance of receiving fakes?
Some cultural relics collection experts sighed: 100% of the current collection of cultural relics will encounter counterfeits, this situation is not gradually increasing in recent years, in fact, in ancient times, the production and transfer of fakes is not uncommon, and some masters are even more able to fish and beads, not only can make big collectors, university scholars look away, even the Qianlong Emperor is also frustrated.
First of all, let me review the experience of some ancient celebrities being fooled and blinded, which can teach us some lessons.
One: The Cup of Immortality received by Emperor Wen of Han
Emperor Wen of Han created the rule of Wenjing, and although Liu Heng was revered as a generation of virtuous kings, he was not exempt from vulgarity in his later years, and Qin Shi Huang wanted to pray for immortality. So Emperor Wen of Han also inquired about this matter, but he did not expect to be caught by an alchemist, Xinyuanping.
Xinyuan Ping pondered for a long time, how to please Emperor Wen of Han, to obtain glory and wealth, and then he had a clever move, he threw himself into his favor, and figured out an immortal jade cup for Emperor Wen of Han.
According to historical records, Xinyuanping found a folk craftsman, carved a piece of jade into a jade cup, and engraved several ancient texts on it, making it look decent, and found an opportunity to present it to Emperor Wen of Han, telling Emperor Wen of Han that this was a "jade cup of immortals" given to Emperor Wen of Han.
In our opinion, this method seems to be very clumsy, but emperor Wen of Han at that time was eager for immortality, and even did not think that there was anything wrong with this, happily accepted this "jade cup", and also took it to pour water to drink every day, similar to our current thermos cup to soak goji berries, and Xinyuanping thus became a doctor of the Han Dynasty.
According to Sima Qian's "Book of History and Feng Zen", Xinyuan Ping said to Emperor Wen of Han: "Zhou Ding is in Surabaya, and I am optimistic that this Zhou Ding will reappear in the human world, which is a big omen, so Emperor Wen of Han built a temple in Surabaya as soon as he was happy, waiting for this Zhou Ding to reappear in the human world."
Because Xinyuanping was able to succeed every time and was reused by Emperor Wen of Han, he began to be a little proud, but he did not know that Zhang Cang and Zhang Shizhi had long discovered his improprieties.
Find a few retinues to secretly follow him. After some investigation by the two, they finally found the craftsman who carved the jade cup, and the news obtained from him was that the so-called "Zhou Ding" reappeared in the human world, which was also their masterpiece.
Zhang Cang and Zhang Shizhi immediately told Emperor Wen of Han about this before Zhou Ding appeared. Emperor Wen of Han woke up at this time, and ordered that Xinyuanping's doctor be dismissed and Zhang Shizhi be carefully interrogated. Fang Shi Xinyuanping only knew little cleverness, and he directly said everything in front of Zhang Shizhi. The consequences needless to say what the outcome of The New Gakuhei will be.
Two: Let the gu fanatic look at the guqin that has gone away
The Ming Dynasty collector Xiang Yuanbian was known as the "ancient maniac" by the people of the time, and his family collected a lot of ancient cultural relics. And his personal appreciation ability is also very high, one day, Xiang Yuanbian saw a piano in the hands of others, this piano has a simple shape, and it is carved with the ancient text of "Tianlai".
Xiang Yuanbian felt that this piano was a bit interesting, so he exchanged it for a big price to go home, and when he returned home, he loved the guqin, and put him in his study, and even renamed the library building "Tianlai Pavilion".
What is so special about this piece of piano is that Xiang Yuanbian attaches so much importance to it, and it turns out that Xiang Yuanbian believes that this piano is "made by Sun Deng, a famous artist of the Jin Dynasty.". This piano is characterized by all black iron forging, the body of the piano also has some quaint fine ice cracks, the back of the piano carved with the word Tianlai, as well as the fallen "Sun Deng" model, and seal.
This piece of piano is a favorite, and later after his death, it has been passed down for hundreds of years, but later people have studied and found that this piano is a good piano, but it is not made by "Sun Deng", which can be said to be a "fake".
Connoisseurs are from the style, material, etc., to the production process, as well as the text of its drop, all aspects of the synthesis, concluded that this qin is a guqin in the Yuan Dynasty period, for the Ming Dynasty is actually not a long-term cultural relics, but now this iron qin can also be called a national treasure.
Three: College student Ji Xiaolan's "rare fake ink"
Cultural relics fakes, to the Qing Dynasty, its production means are one step closer than the Ming Dynasty, even the famous university scholar Ji Xiaolan, have looked away, Ji Xiaolan We all know that it is a rich five cars, but he recorded a matter of himself in the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang",
On this day, Ji Xiaolan wandered the street and inadvertently looked at the ink strips of a stall, these ink strips were very simple, and the payment was "Ming Dynasty Ink Master Luo Xiaohua's Ink", and the outer box of the ink strip was a lacquer box, which Ji Xiaolan thought was an old thing at the time.
Who is this Luo Xiaohua?
In fact, he was an ink master of the Ming Dynasty, and the ink he produced was very good in appearance, with the title of "solid as stone, grained as rhinoceros, black as lacquer, and a snail worth ten thousand dollars".
Due to historical reasons, Roche ink is rarely handed down, so it is extremely precious. Now the Palace Museum has collected "a pool of spring green" ink, which was later confirmed to be Luo Shi's work.
Such a precious thing, Ji Xiaolan found more than ten pieces at once, anyone will be overjoyed, they happily used a month of Feng Lu to change home, carefully took home and studied for a long time,
Later, I finally couldn't help it, and planned to test whether these inks were as good as the legend. Can be used, Ji Xiaolan can be embarrassed, the original ink inside is made of mud, the outside was dyed black by the maker, and then sprinkled with a layer of white frost, so that people look simple and elegant. Ji Xiaolan was very open-minded, and he made fun of himself, so he recorded this matter in the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang".
4. The Qianlong Emperor's "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map"
Speaking of "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", it is inevitable to talk about the Qianlong Emperor, Qianlong's collection in his lifetime was very rich, and he liked to collect famous calligraphy and paintings, especially liked to stamp on them.
In 1745 AD, Qianlong obtained Huang Gongwang's famous work "Fuchun Mountain Jutu", the Qianlong Emperor loved it at first glance, studied this "Fuchun Mountain Jutu", and often took it out for everyone to enjoy, and the 6-meter-long picture scroll, he was also doing poetry and doing a lot of pokes.
But soon, Qianlong was a little embarrassed, and the next year he got a "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" of the folk tribute. Later, friends who understand this period of history know that the previous "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" obtained by the Qianlong Emperor is now called "Ziming Scroll", which is a work that is very similar to the copy.
The second painting, the "Useless Master Scroll", is the real one. After the Qing Dynasty, after many studies, the "Ziming Scroll" was copied by the literati at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but the Huang Gongwang inscription was added, and the "Ziming Scroll" actually had many loopholes, but what was intriguing was that even after getting the real thing, the Qianlong Emperor still regarded the "Ziming Scroll" as a treasure, and also compiled him into the "Shiqu Baodi";
The "useless master's scroll" was collected by Qianlong, and on the one hand it was declared to be a fake, but on the other hand, it was well collected. Most people in later generations speculated that in fact, Qianlong understood that there was a leak at that time, but he could not recognize it. It was not until 1816 AD that the "useless master scroll" of the Jiaqing period was justified.
Such examples, in ancient times, are very many, and the numbers cannot be counted.
After the 1990s, as people's lives became better and better, economic conditions continued to increase. Some people who have surplus grain in their hands, especially some who are elderly and have a certain economic foundation and experience, have become enthusiastic about collecting things related to history and culture.
However, the circle of cultural relics collection does not mean that the economic foundation is good, and the rich social experience can play well, because in addition to the above two factors, cultural relics collection also needs to find the vision and a trace of luck, the most critical is perseverance and boldness.
As the popularity of cultural relics collection continues to decrease, the market is flooded with more and more fakes, and the progress of science and technology has made its method of copying ancient objects more and more high, resulting in even some old connoisseurs have the opportunity to look away.
However, due to the history and value of cultural relics, as well as because of the degree of scarcity and preciousness, there have also been many lucky people, and under the impetus of various stories and legends, the number of lovers of cultural relics collection has not decreased but increased.
After the 90s, there have been cultural relics circles everywhere, and there have also been many famous distribution centers, which have become the places where many collectors hang out, and they often want to pick up leaks here. But as a lover, when collecting antiques, you must also understand the five "collection rules".
First: Do not pick up when you see a "leak".
Many enthusiasts will have an idea that there will be "picking up leaks", especially some cultural relics and antique distribution centers, seeing a variety of ancient objects, they all feel that they are treasures.
And many people are also conceited about their own unique vision, occasionally will have a small gain, so more enthusiastic about picking up leaks, but do not forget, these places are hidden dragons and Crouching Tiger, to "pick up leaks" in these places, the success rate itself is a problem,
Therefore, many novices will see good things on the eager to get started, afraid of being robbed, and this kind of psychology, the most likely to be used, so the collection should avoid thinking of "leaking", only "leaking" and collecting, when they want to pick up leaks, but will pay an expensive tuition.
Second: Don't be too extensive, everything is collected.
Usually some collectors, he does not have a clear goal, and does not know what he wants to collect, so sometimes when he sees something that has a fate, he will receive it, and he is somewhat arbitrary, likes novelty and scarcity, resulting in often getting some fakes, and because of insufficient professionalism, insufficient accumulation and precipitation, so there are a lot of things at home, many of which lack artistry, and have no appreciation space, or things that have no collection significance at all.
And this kind of collection behavior with a wide range of interests and hobbies can easily turn itself into a "custodian", not only does the collection occupy the place, but it is not systematic and difficult to classify, and the collection is also without theme, let alone fine products. Therefore, this way of collecting is very undeserved, of course, the local tycoons are counted separately.
Three: Don't love to listen to "stories".
Usually, the collection will have a twist and bizarre story, such as the above-mentioned Emperor Wen of Han, and Ji Xiaolan's ink strip, which is a story given by itself, resulting in cognitive misunderstanding.
And many special and scarce collections, will be given an experience, these experiences are actually very formulaic, not to say how many generations of ancestors, or accidentally dug up at a certain construction site, and so on.
The purpose of the story is that these fakes add a layer of aura, not only much more valuable, but also give a cultural and historical inheritance, and their identity is also recognized.
And some stories are not only bizarre plots, but also told perfectly, let people listen to even nods, plus some marketing means, it is easy for collectors to take away, the result is to go home to see, not the same thing, so to really like, you can visit more museums, learn more about the history and culture of this period, look at more related history books, and then learn from it, fully study, before making a decision is the best.
Fourth: Do not open your mouth to comment.
In some circles and some cultural relics distribution centers, although you may know that this thing is a little confusing, try not to comment on it randomly, especially in the absence of an exact situation, do not arbitrarily determine the authenticity of this item.
Because in doing so, it is easy to get out of the mouth, offend people who don't know, and even cause trouble because of it. In fact, many people understand that the collection is a mixture of fish and dragons, which many people know in their hearts.
Fifth: understand the "rules" of the industry.
As the saying goes, there are rules of the way. The same is true of collecting, so it is good for you to know a little bit of "rules". In addition to the above-mentioned taboo casual comments, there is also a taboo "cutting beard", that is, when people discuss a certain collection, you go to the long or fancy, directly cut the beard.
You really think this thing is good, you can wait for the previous one to finish talking, and then continue to talk with the other party, not casually interjecting, which is also a traditional courtesy, more importantly, when not studying a certain collection, put things with fiddling, or kick the collection. This kind of behavior, not only is it disrespectful to the collection, but also a very impolite performance, the other party to your carelessness or will be misunderstood, so like this line, or more polite to others, more humble learning, all ask others, so that not only can you know more friends, but also grow your own vision, at the same time, there will be noble people to help,
On the whole, from how a person discusses the collection, we can see a cultivation and quality. Of course, the above are all aimed at some beginner enthusiasts, after all, some people who have a certain realm of high level, these do not have to think about, more is to hope to have a little luck, encounter the collection.