How to identify a copper incense burner, how to identify a real and fake copper incense burner

The old copper incense burner can be identified by five aspects, such as name, material, process, ornamentation, and pulp.

The old copper incense burner is a kind of ancient bronze sculpture works, which has a high collection value, and is favored by many collectors and scholars in contemporary times.

Look at the famous model: The famous model of the copper hand furnace in the Ming and Qing dynasties is mainly made by these famous craftsmen: "Zhang Mingqi system", "Pan Fengxiang system" and "Hu Wenming system".

The font is a small seal carved in the yin, genuine font, strong and natural, sleek and free, and the engraving appears to be easy. The imitation font is rigid, rough, stiff, shallow, and weak.

Look at the material: During the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the copper hand furnaces made by famous artists were made of pure water red copper and purple red copper. A good copper hand furnace must be a good workmanship, and its decoration process can not be made of ordinary copper, only good material, plasticity is good.

After the middle and late Qing Dynasty, many copper furnaces are imitations of the famous furnaces of the Ming Dynasty, due to the limitation of materials, most of the brass and white copper are used, and the craftsmanship level of the craftsmen is low, so the imitation of copper furnaces after the middle and late Qing Dynasty is rough and the shape of the vessel is irregular. The combination of the lid and the body is not compact, and the gap is large.

Look at the process: the copper hand furnace manufacturing process, set other art crafts in one. There are gilding, silver-plating, inlay, carving, engraving, wrong gold and silver, beating, grinding and so on. Each process is completed by hand, and it is impossible to do it well without many years of production experience and skill.

Look at the ornamentation: The rare copper hand furnace is also very rare in its ornamentation. The decoration of the copper hand furnace in the Ming Dynasty is mainly reflected in the furnace cover, with flowers and plants, geometric patterns, and words, and the decoration is fine and sparse.

The decoration of the copper hand furnace in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the popularity on the stove lid, the decoration on the furnace body is less, and the decoration of the characters and animals is also less than that of the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the popular flowers and plants, geometric patterns, and text decorations, the bronze hand furnace in the Qing Dynasty is more popular with full vessel ornamentation, and the ornamentation of wild beasts is also more popular.

Look at the pulp: Ming Dynasty copper hand furnace, because the material is red copper and copper, so after hundreds of years of use, its slurry color is bright and oily, purple red and red yellow, pitch black; The copper hand furnace of the Qing Dynasty is made of brass and white copper, and its pulp appears dry and shiny. The color of the slurry of the copper hand furnace in the Qing Dynasty is obviously not the slurry of the copper hand furnace material of the Ming Dynasty.

If I bought it recently, 95% of it was fake, and 80% of the ones handed down from the previous life were fake, and the Xuande furnace was too expensive, and it was a national treasure.

Summary. 1. Look at the pulp. The genuine pulp is warm and moist, and the treasure is connotative, and it will remain unchanged for a long time.

The counterfeit slurry is withered, and some are like paint, and the longer they are placed, the more ugly they become. 2. Look at the casters. The quality of genuine casters is average, and the quality casters are quite fine.

The counterfeit casters are uneven, some places are good and some places are bad, or the casters are rough. 3. Look at the wear. Genuine products have a natural and even wear and tear, especially on the soles of the feet.

Counterfeits are not worn or artificially polished. Hope mine is helpful to you.

1. Look at the pulp. The genuine pulp is warm and moist, and the treasure is connotative, and it will remain unchanged for a long time. The counterfeit slurry is withered, and some are like paint, and the longer they are placed, the more ugly they become.

2. Look at the casters. The quality of genuine casters is average, and the quality casters are quite fine. The counterfeit casters are uneven, some places are good and some places are bad, or the casters are rough.

3. Look at the wear. Genuine products have a natural and even wear and tear, especially on the soles of the feet. Counterfeits are not worn or artificially polished.

Hope mine is helpful to you.