Tips on Collecting Chinese Porcelain. Determining. authenticity is not an easy task. Even I have been fooled on occasion. Quite. often a fake is passed from hand to hand unknowingly, often accompanied by. Certificate of Authenticity. Don't be fooled by this document. Wonder what Shigeru Matsuzaki, star of the best Sony commercial in years, has been up to? More ads for various companies, but this one is particularly epic. Chinese Canadians Canadiens d'origine chinoise Facebook Dating/Relationship/Romance Groups. SINGLES READY FOR MARRIAGE (75000+ members) Closed Group Regions: Africa North America Western Europe Oceania. Best Chinese Dating Sites. The best dating site to find tons of hot Chinese singles is probably AsianDate. In the past couple years they've formed strategic alliances. Good appraisers will have a reputation and their own credentials. With his reputation, he should have immediately recognized. An appraisal. should go into as much detail as possible to accompany any fine piece of. It should include the history of the piece, images. This should be the minimum accepted, should documented. TL test results not be available. Of course if you. There is only one sure method of dating. Not everyone can afford to spend. I might also add that this is. T'ang and Sung. periods, and not recommended for the finer thin porcelain of the Ming and. Qing dynasties. Aside from the risk of breakage, drilling holes in a. For those. considering this route, keep in mind that unless performed by either. Oxford or Daybreak Archaeometric, the results may not be accepted by the. Start your collection with. Hobson. 2 and build from there. Soon you will be able to glance at a piece and immediately recognize. Xuande and Wanli styles of the. Ming dynasty. Collect catalogues from the major auction houses like Sotheby's. Christie's. They have quality. I've listed. just a few references below. The Wanli Shipwreck and. Ceramic Cargo - by Sten Sjostrand & Sharipah Lok Lok bt. Hobson. 3 The Chinese Exhibition - Commemorative. Faber and Faber. 4 Chinese Blue and White. Ann Frank (good beginner's book)5 Porcelain, Its Nature. Art, & Manufacture - by William Burton (Batsford, London. The last mentioned (1. Chinese porcelain manufacture. I had to inform them that. Much of my early research 4. He sent. back two detailed letters (reports) on the process. These letters. dated 1. English, Italian. German shortly thereafter. There are many sites on the Internet that. You can even view the original. French at Google Books. Soon you will be able to immediately recognize the look of the. If possible, speak with the curator. They often have handouts. Most libraries have a. Arts section where you can research a specific dynasty, an emperor. Read as much as you can. One caution here though. Just assuming someone of Chinese. Chinese. descent assuming an Englishman is an expert on Royal Dalton. Having attended. many such art shows, I've seen a mix of the authentic and the 'not so authentic'. They come complete with flaws, discolorations, and imperfections. Also be aware that. Ming and Qing dynasties. These were. not made to deceive, but in reverence (honor) of an earlier style. For example, some pieces from the later Ming reigns bare the earlier. Xuande mark. The same applies to the later Qing dynasty, with the most. Kangxi and Qianlong reigns. Though these methods applied to. Additives such as bamboo leaves, various woods and ferns, were. Products. from other than Imperial kilns (provincial kilns) could rarely match the. Imperial kiln. The result of this documented practice. Chinese designs using native cobalt and porcelain. Ma T'sang mountains in China. Since Pinyin is now the universally accepted. Pinyin. I've spent about. Chinese calligraphy and it's been a major help in my. I discovered that learning approximately 2. Chinese art. It was then that I realized that. Here are several. I often test a dealer's. One day I handed him a piece of porcelain. My not being of Chinese. Irish, Portuguese, English, and Dutch (kind of a mutt), made. I could read and write Chinese. Unknowingly holding it upside down, he quickly pointed. I smiled, thanked him and. It was a new piece that actually read 'Zhong Guo Jingdezhen Nian Zhi'. Middle Country (China) Jingdezhen (province known. Period Made'. This is a common mark on modern. China. She was referring to the cobalt blue empty double ring often. In my opinion, genuine pieces from this short period (1. They provide a more exact date than the usual. It's just a matter of personal preference. This empty. double ring oftentimes contained an image (such as a rabbit or Artemisia. Kind of a work- around to the. It's easier to read than write, but if you can write, you. Chinese calligraphy. I've found many pieces with mistakes. There. is a rule to the stroke of the brush, which is clearly noticeable. Perhaps. in the near future I will dedicate a section regarding this subject. Personally, I prefer a piece with. The cracks, chips, and wear better. The gild is almost completely worn away. The lip shows centuries of wear. The biscuit worn smooth. Click. here =>. Cracking can be created on new pieces, but it's more uniform with. Glaze cracking on a piece of five to six- hundred. Here's an example =>. This is a trait of the. Fakers of today can use the old kilns. Mostly these are used to describe. Palm eyes, for instance. Sometimes oxygen entering. Though common, these. A good book (like. Hobson. 1) will go into detail on. Though. good to be familiar with (as earlier mentioned), they also are. Not wanting to discount those that are authentic, just be aware. Potassium Permanganate. KMno. 4) that can be used to create this look. It is water soluble and available. The 'classic' books on Chinese porcelain have been around for. This same knowledge has been available to the counterfeiters. You really have to be careful out there. I've seen some. treasures go for pennies, but also some expensive rip- offs. Everyone is familiar. Buyer Beware', but because of the nature (and tactics). Seller Beware' too. Anyone can make. an error in judgment. I believe most people are honest. But there is. now an alarming increase of intentional passing of fakes on the Internet. Some quite obvious, and some not so obvious. I know it happens, because I've seen. Before you bid on this item. Some don't offer a refund policy at all. I'd steer clear of these. The bidder's identity is hidden (protected), but it's. I've seen. many an auction where the bidder is unaware the piece they are bidding on. There is no way to reach the bidder, and it's against the auction. Know your stuff if you participate in. I enjoy helping when I have the time, so I downloaded. I told her to seek a second opinion from a reputable auction. She did just that, and they confirmed its value. Most moderators know. They will often disrupt the entire forum. I rarely participate in forum. Here is an example of one such incident where I ended. After over 1. 00. I posted the answer for them since it was a very. As soon as I did, another. I was. wondering who would do this, and why. I also posted further down in the same. I told them it had the properties and it would. Almost immediately after that. After several more posts to the. I decided. to put an end to it all by providing images of the exact shape and form from. Topkapi Museum, Istanbul Turkey. There were other. He instead started a new post saying that very detailed. Here is the text he started with: ! He was therefore purposely. Not just to the original user who asked. Life is. so much easier when you say your not and expert. We are all learning. I guess what I'm trying to say is don't. It's my belief. that the self proclaimed 'expert' just didn't know. I grew up in Hawaii and had many such friends. I've. had one mentor who came from a line of potters dating back to the Ming dynasty. During. this time I headed up several expeditions and viewed tombs never before. Westerner. Some had not been entered in over five hundred years. I continued. to explore (alone) for several years following this incident and have. I've discovered. I considered these remote jungle. A small white speck was noticeable about 2 miles away. It was only visible. It took me 2 days to find the spot. It was a human. skull, a small burial tomb with artifacts and offerings. Knowing it would. I made a return visit to make sure. I placed large rocks to hide the skull from view. After giving about a month for. I returned at the request of a museum official who. She assured me that it's location would. I must have done a fairly good job in hiding it. Much. to my own delight, I could not find it again. Luckily, she had packed a nice. There are many treasures to be found both. I hope the content I've provided helps. Again, it's my own opinion from. It's also an accumulation. Chinese friends and mentors. Special. thanks to Paul T'sai, Richard Li, Ching Wa, Alan Wong, and. Lawrence Wu for their years of friendship and patience.
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