Old furniture has witnessed the development of history across time and space, and realized its value from the culture that represents an era to the subsequent dissemination of this culture. Old furniture not only survives strongly because of its own artistic elements, but also receives the honor and protection it deserves because of its important historical heritage value.
Old furniture is difficult to judge
In recent years, old furniture has experienced the evolution from the rising star of the art market to today's day-to-day, becoming a hot spot in major auction companies and antiques markets at home and abroad. A Ming Dynasty huanghuali chair was sold for more than 70 million yuan. In the Qing Dynasty, a piece of rosewood arhat bed was more than 30 million people in the bag, which is crazy. Even if the severe economic crisis of these two years did not shake the market, the value of old furniture has lost its metrics in people's minds. When high prices and persistent prices are embarrassing, they are often a prelude to the return of value. It is not an unexpected accident. People always like to find themselves after they are lost. Regrettably, the speculation in the market economy has always been ups and downs, no calm, no bottom.
It is precisely because of the rise of the old furniture collection, the imitation and old furniture in various markets are flooding. These products cover almost all the styles of the ancient courts and local genres. It really gathers the power of the family! Some high The imitation of old furniture is indistinguishable from the real ones, from the work of materials to the leather shells, and most of them carry the identification certificate of the experts in the industry or the label of the auction. Some furniture also carries the lacquer that is returned from abroad. This makes friends who like the old furniture collection lying in the air.
"The late Ming and early Qing dynasties" and "Qing three generations" are the attributives often given by experts in the evaluation of old furniture. It has been in the past hundred years. Why is it so vague? The identification and dating of old furniture is extremely difficult. It is much harder to identify porcelain and bronzes. It is often an old expert and three experts. It is a conservative practice for the ancients to make furniture. Even if the carpenter is a family member passed down from generation to generation, it is difficult to standardize production on a large scale. The imitation of valuable furniture has never stopped in history. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China had a large number of imitations of Ming Dynasty classic furniture; there were also many imitations between the same dynasties, such as a large number of imitation royal furniture. In addition, the conditions of use of the furniture and the environment in which it is stored have too much influence on the internal structure and appearance of the wood, which is easy to cause illusion. These are the main reasons for the difficulty in identifying old furniture.
Old furniture dating method
I have tried to identify old furniture. I like to start from six aspects: type, work, rhyme, material, shell, and micro. Good products also work hard from these six aspects. Therefore, it is necessary to have great patience in identifying the authenticity and dying of old furniture. It is necessary to comprehensively grasp the characteristics of old furniture from these six aspects to enhance the accuracy of identification. "Type, work, rhyme" has historical characteristics, but most of these features have long been summed up, so the probability of making mistakes in these three aspects is low, unless the low-end replica. “Materials†are subject to different restrictions from different sources in different periods, and counterfeiters often focus on this, such as old yellow pears, which are difficult to copy. "Shell" refers to the skin and the patina, and it is also a barrier to the fake. The good skin is old and not dirty, new and not glamorous. There is an essence between the skin and the artificial shell that has been given by the years and popularity. The difference. "Micro" is even more difficult. Old furniture has experienced years of baptism. There are changes in oxidation and microbial infestation from the inside out. The traces of the years are not the ones who use the acid and alkali to burn. The evidence of microscopic changes is more direct than nailing on the board, and the assistance of microscopic instruments is an indispensable important link.
It is normal for antiques experts to make mistakes in the identification of old furniture. At present, the state has explicitly forbidden the incumbent experts of the authoritative appraisal units at all levels, such as the Forbidden City, to privately identify the articles. The appraisal report for the old furniture must be an organized multi-person comprehensive appraisal opinion. Science and pseudoscience are always in the contest, and the identification of old furniture should be judged from the perspective of common sense and science.
Each piece of old furniture is the embodiment of strength and beauty, both of which are both internal and external. When an old piece of furniture makes you love and hate, when you realize that "being a person" has become "man-made", you must know how to "willing" and learn to "give up."
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