Looking at and identifying Republican Period Chinese vases has always been difficult and a confusing issue. Today it’s made even more confusing by the plethora of reproduction of rare 18th and early 19th C. Qing porcelain flooding onto the market. These are often offered as or presented as being from the Republic period. These are […]
Chinese Collectors Lose Millions on Chinese Fakes
The Setup During the last 20 years its no secret that Chinese antiques have skyrocketed crazily in value, its also no secret that potters in Jingdezhen have busy beavers cranking out fakes by the trainload, literally for most of that time and longer. The same goes for jade carvings and bronzes. The Chinese government not surprisingly, is also […]
Chinese Porcelains The Art of Fakes
Modern High Quality Copies From China Are Very Convincing Chinese Porcelains The Art of Fakes Over the years one of the most difficult arenas of study in Asian Art is the detection of fakes and reproductions. With the absolute flood of fakes pouring in by the container load filling the listings of auctions houses, large […]