How to see the authenticity of antiques

With the continuous development of economy, the continuous improvement of people's living standards, and the continuous prosperity and development of some cultural collection projects, many ordinary people have begun to contact the antique industry. We have popularized three things we must know about antique collection. Today, we will talk about the first difficulty in entering the business, that is, how to distinguish between true and false antiques. Let's sum up the methods and skills to distinguish between true and false antiques.

There has always been a saying in the antique market that "the water is too deep to get involved". On the one hand, it shows that there are many imitations on the market. On the other hand, it also shows that antiques are an industry that relies on eyesight to eat. "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes." Antiques are rivers and lakes, and antique appraisal is even more important. For a time, antiques were a few people's games, and the art market was in a downturn. Later, with the economic development, the antique market began to prosper, and more people engaged in the antique industry. Many people make and sell fake goods for profit, which leads to bad money driving out good money in the market and market chaos. At this time, antique appraisers came into being, which should be a good thing, but some antique appraisers can't resist the temptation of money, so they only recognize money and don't distinguish fakes. At this time, we should learn how to distinguish falsehood by our own eyesight and knowledge.

First, fakes are generally mass-produced, such as glass ball Omega pocket watches, nine-turn dry-Kun resin bumps, imitation of Qing dynasty hollow-out brands and so on. These are rare things, and there are many on the market. These are generally fakes, of course, not all fakes. For example, broccoli unearthed from folk kilns in Qing dynasty is not worth mass production because of its large quantity.

Glass Ball Omega Pocket Watch (Imitation)

Second, antiques that look dirty are fake in most cases. When the antique surface is dirty, people can't tell whether it is true or false in the Qing Dynasty, but the stall owner will tell you that it is a certain dynasty. At this time, I smiled and left. What's more, some antiques have great logical errors, which can be identified with a little care. For example, there is no stool in Han Dynasty.

Third, the first two only introduce some simple identification methods, and the third is a slightly more difficult identification method-scientific detection. The scientific detection methods involved in cultural relics identification can be roughly divided into two categories: destructive detection and non-destructive detection: destructive detection mainly includes thermoluminescence dating and reactor neutron activation analysis; Nondestructive testing mainly includes energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF), proton excited X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (PIXE), synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (SRXRF) and other methods. These methods generally use light to analyze and test the types and quantities of chemical elements contained in ancient ceramic glaze, and directly put the ceramics to be tested into a controlled testing room.

Here, we simply distinguish some antiques. Just entering the antique industry, you can find experienced friends to help explain your study, learn more and see more. Even experts can't see the authenticity of antiques at once. We need some professional equipment to assist. Antique collectors who have just entered the business must study more, so that they can take less medicine and learn more.