Old and new teapot prices are hanging upside down

The teapot, one of the best tea-making appliances, has experienced a rise and fall since the Ming and Qing dynasties and is now increasingly popular with people. One of the old pots from famous artists has a collection value of no less than famous masterpieces and jade works. In particular, in recent years, the major auction houses have made a lot of prices and are sought after by collectors. The market is bullish all the way. In the Ming Dynasty, it was evident that Dabin's circle-turning pot produced a price of 13.44 million yuan at a Xiqiao Yinshe auction a few years ago.

However, another phenomenon on the market has always existed: the old pot has been sold but no new pot. The current counterfeiting of antique pots is very popular. Take Meng Chenju as an example. From the few hundred dollars to several tens of thousands of Meng Chen’s old pots are everywhere, and almost all of them are fake pots. Professionals believe that identification is difficult to become a bottleneck in the price increase of old pots.

After chaos imitation and fake counterfeit Meng Chen pot popular In the recent days, a reader provided a teapot engraved with the word "Meng Chen system" type to want to come. "This is a Zhu mud pot, work is also more sophisticated, but from the point of view is not Hui Mengchen's handwriting. The pot should belong to posterior imitation of Meng Chen pot." After having seen this pot for more than 20 years, Mr. Zhou, a senior collector, told reporters after reading this pot. “Hui Mengchen’s calligraphy calligraphy show is not separated from Tang Xian’s style. He is the best calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.”

It is understood that the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty with the literary people to participate in tea, pot shape gradually become smaller, with the popularity of the text, Hui Mengchen is the system of small pot master, commonly known as Meng Chen pot. In recent years, with the popularity of kungfu tea, it is suitable for small pots of three or four people to drink.

Recently, the reporter found that the current market Mengchen pot is relatively confusing, more common in the market Zhuni Xiaopin bottom engraved with the "Meng Chen" word, and even on various auction houses often see "Meng Chen" paragraph small pot Market prices range from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands. "Especially the so-called "Taiwan Reflowing Pot" in recent years is basically a post-imitation process, and its workmanship is rough. There are basically two kinds of mud: one is the pure ore Zhu Ni, and the other is Huang Longshan Zhu Ni and Xiao Kui Kiln. Another type is kaolin (a clay used for porcelain) with iron powder (commonly known as iron oxide) instead of purple clay.

In fact, the real Mengchen pot is expensive. According to the statistics of the auction house: In March 2011, Hong Kong Garder sold a Mengchen pot trading price of RMB 680,000; in May 2012, Beijing auctioned a transaction price of RMB 150,000 for a piece of Mengchen Hat.

"This actually tells you from another side that the Meng Chen Hu from hundreds to tens of thousands is full of false pots." Mr. Zhou analyzed that Meng Chen’s pot has several features to identify:

For one thing, Meng Chen’s craftsmanship is extremely well-washed, rich in rhythm, and especially in the mouth of the pot, whether it is long or short, they are straight and pull out, with distinct distinctive features. The body of the pot is shiny and shiny, the tire is thin and light, and the lines are round and smooth, which is the prominent style feature of the Mengchen pot.

Second, Hui Mengchen’s pots focus on the simple and exquisite pot body, especially the carved calligraphy. Meng Chen Hu Chuan device knowledge has a book, "Man Meng Meng system," "Jing Xi Hui Meng Chen system", "Hui Meng Chen system", "Meng Chen system." Some are marked with the year of production or quatrains, such as "Big Tomorrow Qi Dingshi Meng Chen system", "Flooding a day star Meng Chen", "leaving leaves hard by the green Meng Meng system", "four or five Meng Chen of smoke village" or The verses such as “The cloud goes into Xijin is bright” and “Individual heart expresses in ancient times” are usually engraved in the Meng Chen system under a dozen verses or auspicious phrases. The fonts are mostly regular script, and they also have a writing style, a smart gesture, and a calligraphy charm. , with a bamboo knife scribed, later works and use the seal. The knowledge of Mr. Meng’s pots is the best quality with the “Yonglin” seal.

The current market is full of fake antique pots, which makes collectors not dare to buy ancient tea sets easily, resulting in a dull response in the old pot market. At last year's art auction in Ningbo, a handful of beadware made by Shao Wenyuan of the Qing Dynasty was sold at a low price of 8,500 yuan. A Qing Dynasty Zhou Faxiang Qianlong eight-year made teapot was sold for 23,000 yuan. More models of the famous Zisha old pots of the famous Qing Dynasty were rushed.

In sharp contrast to this, a number of modern and contemporary famous-famous pots are hot, and prices are rising rapidly. A Wu Yayi (national researcher-level senior arts and crafts specialist) raised the high price of 100,000 yuan in the bamboo shoot pot. The pot of the next generation of the pot should be well-written Xu Anbi carved stone scoop pot to 46,000 yuan transactions. Another book's leveling pot also captured 46,000 yuan. According to informed sources, the two pots were sent by the same collector and purchased in the first half of the year for 30,000 yuan. The prices rose by 45 percent in less than half a year.

It is an indisputable fact that the price of new and old pots has been inverted. For example, Shao Daheng, a famous pot maker in the Qing Dynasty, was the most admired master of Gu Jingzhou, who was hailed as a modern “pot artist” at home and abroad. The price of Shao Daheng’s old pot is now only one-third of Gu Jingzhou’s.

However, some people of insight in the Tibetan community have realized that at present, the price of the old pot is relatively low, but a good historical work, it has both historical heritage and academic value, but it has less Basically speaking, it is an antique treasure, not just a piece of arts and crafts, so the price will be higher and higher. Some collectors are more optimistic that the value of historical works will be gradually explored, pursued and surpassed by modern and contemporary works. In terms of quantity, Shao Daheng's pot is one-tenth of that of Gu Jingzhou. In this sense, the prices of "Tamper pot" and "Manson pot" surpass the "Jing Zhou pot" is a rational return of the market.

Reason identification is difficult to become a bottleneck in the price increase of old pots The identification of old pots has always been a bottleneck in their development.

Since the pots of the Ming and Qing dynasties were small in number, they were hard to see for ordinary people, and they were rarely seen in major museums. “Because of the scarce reasons, they are sought after by collectors and prices are rising all the way. It is because of this reason that there are many fakes on the market.” An ancient Ningbo tea research expert told reporters that “especially in the middle of the year, there have been A large number of imitation models, and well-produced, it is difficult to distinguish.In the identification aspect is relatively difficult, it can be said that the Ming and Qing dynasties currently circulating on the market Zisha pot is mostly imitation of the period. Because the imitation is mostly at the time of the pot Experts, some are harder to distinguish, Tibetans must be careful."

Sometimes the old pot is very good, but there is no clear source of circulation, and collectors do not dare to shoot. On the other hand, due to the relatively short time for purple sand arts to enter the large-scale auction market, some art collectors still have to improve their appreciation of purple sand, especially the “old pot”, which also restricts the buying and selling popularity of collectors.

Collectors choose works produced by modern and famous artists as a fidelity function. Even if they start at a higher price, buyers can feel at ease. After all, compared to starting a fake product, this is not a loss. For a knowledgeable old pot, the potential is unlimited, but due to the lack of documentation, many well-known old pots do not accurately reflect their production information.

The three strokes of the tribe to identify antique pots exactly how to evaluate the quality of an antique pot and whether there is a collection value, expert advice, can be roughly evaluated from the following three aspects:

The first is mud. In the old pots of the second and the third generations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the mud was generally coarse and grainy. Because ancient clay is made of stone-grinded clay, the particles are of different thicknesses and have a simple texture. Now the clay is crushed by machines, the particles are generally more delicate, there is a sense of fat or jade texture, the so-called "purple gold sand," the general trend is that the mud gradually tapering. The ore zisha mud luster is generally dark, has a matt color, there is a feeling of restrained, the kind of red and green pots need to pay attention, generally add a chemical material, although not toxic, but no collection value.

Followed by the shape. At present, Zhuni Xiaopin has become one of the most popular pot shapes. The development of the pot shape also changes with the changing of the drinking habits, and the trend is gradually changing from big to small. Of course, as a collection, it generally tends to be larger than 500 ml. The jug reflects the skill of the pot makers and controls the temperature during firing, especially the large clay products. Because the shrinkage rate is about 30%, the forming is extremely difficult, and non-masters are afraid to make, so the collection value is higher. . The price of a large product is often several times that of his small pot.

The third is knowledge. Since the Ming Dynasty began to make pots, today, there are countless producers, especially in the past decade, with the people's love of sand pots, tens of thousands of people are engaged in this industry in Yixing. In addition to the material and shape of a pot, its value depends on the author's knowledge, popularity, and how much the pot is still in existence. The same pot of mud made by different people tends to be very different in price. In the early Ming Dynasty, the bottom of the pot was generally directly engraved with a bamboo knife. The special effect of the bamboo knives was used. If it was a steel knife after the imitation, the edge of the word was relatively smooth and sharp. In addition to the characteristics of the mud, this is important for identification. According to the reason, because the Ming Dynasty did not have a steel knife, the effect of the steel knife lettering could not be achieved. It is generally believed that if there is a feeling of steel knife lettering, it is basically impossible for the Ming dynasty pot.

In addition, the Zisha pot lettering on the earliest began in the Ying Ying Shao, Zizi. Zi Ye is the Qing dynasty light Shanghai Jiangsu people, talented, No. "pot public", this shows that Qing Dynasty light before the pot will definitely not have lettering.