"There are not many fake lacquerware on the market, mainly a few imitations of the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties. It's easy to identify the authenticity of this kind of thing. As we all know, lacquerware in the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties is an unearthed cultural relic, which needs a dehydration process. If you see this kind of lacquerware in the market, its color is very new. And these things we unearthed have been dehydrated, and after thousands of years of history, their colors are already very old. Here are several simple identification methods: the first method, we can pinch it by hand, so that we can identify the length of lacquer ware. The new lacquerware is soft to pinch, and it will have a certain hardness after a long time; The second way we smell with our noses is to use our sense of smell. Lacquer has a certain smell. As we all know, it takes some time to remove this smell. If it's new paint, we can smell it with our noses. The third method, which is also the most effective method, is to identify the authenticity of lacquerware by broken lines. The dotted line is produced because of its historical length. It is naturally formed after a long history, and with the continuous weathering of nature, broken lines are produced, which is the most accurate method to identify lacquerware. Moreover, some new lacquerware can also fake broken lines, and its fake broken lines are regular. However, this naturally formed fracture mode is irregular.

Five Skills of Distinguishing the Authenticity of Ancient Lacquerware

First, distinguish the year from the fake.

Because of the material, almost all lacquerware handed down from ancient times are works since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and most of these works have a sense of style, which is an important starting point for collectors to identify fakes. Lacquer styles in different times have different forms and contents, including the position, arrangement and font of inscriptions. By comparing the styles of real lacquerware, we can identify fake lacquerware. Forged or altered paintings always leave some omissions, or the style and characteristics of the objects do not match the paintings, or there are traces of repair and the paint color does not match. It is worth noting that the trend of changing the style of lacquerware has existed since ancient times, and lacquerware itself should be treated differently.

Second, distinguish between broken lines and false lines.

Speaking of old lacquerware, many people in the industry know that it is necessary to look at broken lines. Of course, distinguishing lacquerware depends on broken lines, but it is not necessarily the old lacquerware that has broken lines. There are many kinds of broken lines on lacquerware, but there are two common ones. One is finely broken lines, like wrinkles on the palm of a human hand, so it is called hand wrinkles, also called cow hair breakage. This kind of broken grain, wood texture has penetrated into the paint surface, which is gradually produced with the passage of time and cannot be imitated manually. The second kind of broken grain is like the horizontal grain on the belly of a snake, so it is called broken belly of a snake. Lacquerware has many such broken lines, which can be forged and imitated regardless of age.

Third, distinguish the color of paint from fakes.

Paint color is an important reference to identify lacquerware. The colors of lacquerware in different periods vary greatly. Long ago, the lacquer ware was dark in color, and the lacquer table looked silent and steady after polishing. The newly imitated lacquerware is bright in color, full of fire and a little dazzling. As far as the existing common lacquerware is concerned, most lacquerware in Song Dynasty is dark, dull and charcoal-like. There are three kinds of lacquerware in Ming dynasty: black, red and purple, all of which are black and bright, and the red-picking ware in Ming dynasty is purple; The color of lacquerware in Qing Dynasty is brighter than before, and red is no longer purple.

Fourth, distinguish between authenticity and falsehood.

Smell is another criterion to judge whether lacquerware is old or new. Generally speaking, the smell of old lacquerware will evaporate slowly with time. Even if the new lacquer imitator is lifelike in shape, vivid in paint color and broken in lines, the paint smell is not easy to disperse at once. If a lacquerware is invisible to the naked eye, you might as well smell it. If there are many confusing smells, such imitations look old, but collectors can give them up directly. Because even if these things are true, the appearance is very different and the collection value is not high.

Fifth, distinguish between hard and false.

After the lacquer ware is made, it needs to be dried in the shade to remove excess water. After years of use and placement, lacquerware will become drier and stronger. Comparatively speaking, old lacquerware is always harder than new lacquerware.