Antique Bronze Statue Found in the Tombs of Zhongshan State

Because there is carved above the Achilles heel of Ming, so enter the Republic of China, the fake start using corrosion methods were false inscriptions, that is the first device table in the wax, and then in the lettering, and then with nitric acid or ferric chloride corrosion of words in the mouth like that Engrave device table form. The bronze sculpture of late Shang Dynasty has always been treasured by people around the world. This pseudo-Ming no longer have to make the inscription that chisel marks, but because of coated abrasives, sometimes in quantity will be allowed to grasp, such as coated asymmetrical, and make words in the mouth shades, and even broken pen. When the corrosion over time, will make the inscriptions bloated. This false-ming examples, such as Mr. Rong Geng said, "good fast guitar gold record" in the division Ma Xiao-tert-basket used in state worship, than the parent application beans.

Another example is Mr. Luo Fuyi pseudo-ming pointed out, this is due to corrosion over-Ming, no text has been clumsy strokes. Restricted by the application of bronze statue, the common people can’t reach their hands to the china bronze sculpture. In recent years, scholars have in-depth study of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Museum's collection, "Come a plate", this device shapes, inscriptions, and "Book of the Shang and Zhou Yi device" really device contained in the shape, "three generations Ji Jinwen deposit" received The emulator according to inscriptions, compared, to determine its true and Ming pseudo-devices pseudo-ming that is made with the etching method, and can be seen that there is no consistent strokes, strokes short or too thick fat, bloated problems. Of this type included in the original fake plain no real pattern and decoration on the fake in a simple decoration on the addition of pseudo-real decoration both cases.

Better identification of which is of bronze decoration fake who lacked an understanding of the characteristics of the times, therefore "mistaken identity", as in the Eastern Zhou period Shang dynasty bronze engraved on the popular decoration. Some of the chinese bronze sculpture can not be made so clever and exquisite. However, some fake decoration roughly coincide with the shape of the era, such as pseudo-carved decoration technique is not high, the image with the Shang and Zhou bronze decoration decoration or not, will be easier to identify them. In the future, but into (especially three or four decades), the level of counterfeit decoration have been significantly improved, such as Mr. Luo Fuyi has pointed out, "Kim Ji dream cottage tent map sequel" Twenty-four of the fruit respect, no surface elements decoration.

Stanford in 1946 into the Beijing factory after abdominal fake statue carved decoration in the circle, the carving is very good, if not compared with the original device that is illegible. So face this situation, that is, to determine the authenticity of decoration carefully, be the means of production of the fine decoration of the study. It is well known that the china bronze sculpture of Shang and Zhou dynasties have been very far away. Pseudo-pseudo-carved decoration with engraved inscription similar to the above with some inevitable flaws, careful observation is true with cast decoration to distinguish. In addition, more than the Shang and Zhou bronze decoration with three flowers (such as land lines a minimum, the main decoration than land lines, and taotie like pattern and purpose than the main decoration), it is difficult to make the pseudo-engraved decoration.