1 1 Method for identifying the authenticity of teapot

Tone, granularity and gloss texture. Different times, different veins have their own characteristics, and different mining and selection methods have caused different clay tires. Azure mud in the late Qing dynasty is different from that in the previous dynasty.

2. Modeling style

Every era has specific standards for the feeling and form of beauty, and there are differences in modeling style, overall proportion and the configuration of mouth, handle and button.

3. Technology

The same master will have different styles.

4, temperament charm

The most important standard, the masterpiece of famous artists, has its own incomparable charm because of its superb artistic accomplishment and skilled professional skills, as well as its in-depth understanding of clay properties and its grasp of kiln temperature.

5, seal style

Seal style is a factor to judge its authenticity, but modern counterfeiting technology can confuse the fake with the real, and we can't believe it all.

Step 6 distinguish between the old and the new

There are not many really ancient teapot that have been passed down to this day, and it is even more difficult to get a perfect and simple and elegant teapot. If the old teapot is really old, its surface often has a natural luster, which is called "clean clothes", which contains new utensils to make the old teapot. There is absolutely no such feature. To distinguish between the new and the old, we should pay special attention to the deception of the new making the old, and don't just pay attention to the surface and ignore it.

7. Carefully piece together

The original purple sand in Ming and Qing dynasties is not easy to preserve, and most of them are imperfect or cracked, so there are various repair techniques, such as filling gaps with wax, gluing and then plastering; Imitate with clay, put it together, and then make old ones; Colored purple sand leg color, supplemented by pigment; Broken utensils, inlaid with metal pieces, or inlaid with jade, etc.

When identifying, as long as you pay attention to and carefully check, you will be surprised to find the patchwork traces, and there are many blank places, because the shape, tone and texture of the teapot after repair, patchwork and color matching can not be exactly the same as that of the container, and there are always differences, which more or less lose the style and characteristics of the original work.

8. Shape and texture

Each development stage of the teapot has its own brand and symbol of the times, which mainly has the following characteristics: in the Ming Dynasty, it paid more attention to the shape of the teapot, which was elegant and simple, with less decoration, so it was relatively simple; In the early Qing dynasty, purple sand was rich and peculiar in shape, and it paid attention to the decoration, coloring and plastic piling of utensils.

In the late Qing dynasty, the shape of purple sand tended to be simplified, and more planes were taken, paying attention to poetry carving and calligraphy. These vessels have a strong literati flavor. The texture of teapot can be divided into coarse and young, coarse is not popular, while delicate and oily is the top grade. Generally speaking, it is made by famous artists, carefully carved, with delicate fetal quality and smooth surface.

9. The inscription is printed

According to the available data, the inscription on the teapot was first found on Gong Chun's handle, and then it became popular. During the development of teapot, many ceramic masters have different inscription styles, so they should be good at observing when identifying teapot. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the sand makers signed and obtained this name. The real popularity of carving poems on utensils began with Chen Mansheng in the late Qing Dynasty, and later it became a common practice.

Extended data

Generally speaking, the forming methods of teapot can be divided into two types: cylinder beating and cylinder inlaying. These two modeling methods have long been used in the production of daily-use pottery with a long history in Yixing, but they have been fully developed in the modeling process of purple sand.

The tools used in teapot molding mainly include mud stool, wooden stool, turntable, wooden racket, bamboo racket lathe, thrush knife, sharp knife and bright needle. These are common tools for making various purple sand blanks. In addition, according to the different styles and technological requirements of teapot, many special gadgets need to be prepared.

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