Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Contemporary bronze sculpture Discrimination(2)

Means fake

In recent years, access to many pseudo-device, imitation device, now select a few typical bronze sculpture for a description. Means in terms of the fake, I have seen is broadly divided into two areas:

First, the whole device fake

This is a common means fake, but the level has increased in recent years. As a result of the high-end technology, there have been many high imitation goods, acquiring easily confuse those.

First introduce a pseudo-Ming Fang Ding for long (Figure 1), above a long inscription, a rough estimate bronze there are more than 500 words, if this device is a real device, it is necessary more than Mao Gongding (497 words), to become China's largest tripod , called David's treasure. Because there is no side of the front view tripod, so it's shape, decoration and we do not know. Far as this picture point of view, this tripod is rather deep in the abdomen, if it is real device, the times should be in the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but even to the early Western Zhou Dynasty, there is no such long-Ming Fang Ding. This is question one. In addition, the photos show the inscription around the inside of one week cloth tripod column, which is obviously contrary to the inscriptions on the layout of the ritual rules. All of the Shang and Zhou bronze sculpture ritual vessels, especially such as generous tripod weighing equipment in the ritual placement of certain other words, the front view it is certain, toward us is always a positive, inscriptions on the casting in this the surface. So far, no one really square Ding Ding inscriptions such as this side arrangement. This is the question two. Again, this device is very shallow mouth Ming text, font size, basically the same, nothing like the late Shang and early Western Zhou inscriptions deep as words in the mouth, font sizes, patchwork, and the flick pen hypertrophy, the so-called wave spine () body. This is the question three. A closer look, this device more than 500 words inscriptions Department of rambling patchwork of haphazard, but no content at all. It's no wonder, to compile a 500-word bronze statue inscriptions deceive the world, probably prohibitively difficult. This is the question four. Finally, the macro view of this device, rust-colored thin device table, and not natural. This is the question five. All in all, not only the inscription was forged, and even the artifacts is also false.

Mentioned earlier, three false Taishi, this will be one of an example (Figure 2). First of all, cause I doubt that this device control table patina, that yellow is not yellow, that black is not black, dirty, ugly. Based on past experience, this verdigris chinese bronze mostly unreliable. Followed by the shape, the L-shaped device covered with hand size is a little catch, control ears slightly silly, little ears, abdominal collection points is not enough, more rigid ring foot. Look at the decoration, whether it is covered under the rim along with a bird's tail, or ring foot on the dragon's tail, all seemed a bit long, birds and dragon tail dragging this seems overwhelmed. But objectively speaking, this device has done pretty decoration seen in the past, such as the bird's crown. But other parts still exist relatively stiff lines of the problem, Moreover, as the shading of Yunlei Wen also relatively poor (Figure 3). Of course, the most important inscriptions (Figure 4). As a rough look, inscriptions can also be done. After all, no one is really ready to make the inscription Taishi contrast, at the beginning cause I suspect is still rust. Inscription on the cover of a thin layer of rust, like fog, like, seems to want to hide anything. Ming language is very shallow mouth, pen Road unclear. Taishi Gui with the inscription (Figure 5) comparing the book-shaped body, there are many problems. Overall, the pseudo-inscriptions for Taishi wrong shape, stiff body potential, pens, road fatigue. Such as "treasure" the word is written, Taishi Gui "shell" word below to open a small part of the mouth, two small vertical short, this is the wording of the mid-Western Zhou Dynasty, the Grand Preceptor of the forger is unknown to this logic, it will be written as regular script word "only" shape. Again, Taishi's "agriculture" middle "e" word strokes account is unclear, who exposed the fake level of knowledge of ancient writing is limited. Also, Taishi Gui "up" the word of the legs splayed like people, standing firmly on the ground, but pretending to be Taishi's "up" word, left leg and right leg long and curved short, it is funny. There are many such examples, too numerous to mention. Indeed, these three pieces of fake layout of the inscription of Taishi well, obviously it is not a direct copy of the inscriptions Gui Taishi, I suspect that really Taishi long survive in the world, not appearance, possessing fake really fake goods, with a view to deceive, and reap profiteering. This is a very cunning way, difficult to see through,bronze dragon.

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