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2014-01-31 16:48:39 浏览：173 次来源：宜兴紫砂壶网

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ASK FIVEEXPERTS FOR THEIR TAKE ON THE AGE OF A POT AND YOU GET FOUR DIFFERENT ANSWERS. ONESAYS IT’S QIANLONG，THE NEXT DAOGUANG AND TWO SAY IT’S MING GUO.

SOMETIMES IT’S EASY FOR ALL TO CONFIRM THE AGE OFA POT，SAY，IF IT HAS A QIANLONG REIGN MARK ORTHE YEAR OF QIANLONG’S REIN OR THE POTTER’S NAME.

BUT SOMEHAVE NO OR UNHEARD-OF POTTER’S NAME BUT JUST POEM OR EVEN NO INSCRIPTIONS ATALL.

HOW？

GOING BY THESHAPE，OR THE STYLE OR THE CLAY USED OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCESEVIDENCES IS OBJECTIVE BUT NOT 100%CORRECT.

IN ONE OF A 2012AUCTIONS WE TOOK PART，A PAINTED YONGZHENG PERIOD ZISHAHUWAS MISJUDGED AS GUANGXU BY THE EXPERT. HE TOLD US HE THOUGHT THE SPOUT ISLATE QING. INCIDENTALLY HE GOT THREE OTHERS WRONG AS WELL. IN THE END THE AUCTIONHOUSE WAS WISE ENOUGH TO PUT ANY OLD ZISHAHUS AS QING PERIOD：A DYNASTY THAT LASTED 267 YEARS.

AT ANOTHERAUCTION HOUSE THE SAME YEAR，TWO EXPERTS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONSON THE AGE OF SOME POTS.

AT AUCTIONSWE CAN EASILY SEE FAKES（EARLY QINGS AND LATE MINGS）MIXED WITH GENUINE ONES：IS IT ON PURPOSE OR HAVE THE EXPERTSMADE A MISTAKE？

I AM ANARCHAIC CHINESE BRONZE EXPERT. XIA，SHANG AND ZHOU DYNASTY LASTED 1889YEARS COMPARED TO 400 OVER YEARS FOR ZISHAHU. DATING OF BRONZES IS UNIVERSALLYACCURATE BUT WHY IS DATING OF OLD ZISHAHUS CHAOTIC EVEN AMONG A SMALL CIRCLE OFEXPERTS？

NO WONDER INTHAT BOOK，“APPRECIATION OF ZISHA TEAPOTS”，IT RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THAT WITHARCHAELOGY WE CAN BE VERY CERTAIN ABOUT THE AGE OF THE POTS.

WHAT ALLTHIS MEANS，AND ULTIMATELY ANY SOLUTION TO THIS PERPETUAL PROBLEM IS TOLOOK TO ARCHAELOGY.

REN FUCOLLECTIONS IS NOTHING ELSE BUT A HUGE COLLECTION OF UNEARTHED ZISHAHUS WITHARCHAELOGICAL DATA.

WE ARETAKING A BREAK OF TWO WEEKS，SO WE WISH EVERYBODY A “HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR”.

如果您请五名专家们断代一个壶，您应该会得到四个不同的答案，有可能说是乾隆，或道光，或是明国。

有时您会很容易就确定了壶的年代，这可从壶身或壶的底款找寻其踪影，例如：乾隆的标记或乾隆的统治年份，再者是陶工的名字。

但有些壶上刻上的陶工名是我们前所未闻的，只看到诗句，什么铭文也没记载。

这怎么办呢？

这时候可以依据形状或风格，或所用的粘土泥料或其它证据去搜寻去断代，但这是很客观性的，并不是100％正确的。

在2012年的拍卖会上，曾有一个雍正的彩绘紫砂壶被专家误以为是光绪的。他以喷口的情形来看，觉得那壶是晚清的。他还犯了其他三个错误。到最后拍卖行明智地把所有紫砂壶归类为清时期：一个持续了267多年的王朝。

在另一家拍卖公司，也曾有两位专家也对断代这回事秉持不同的意见。

其实，混合型与真假货是不容易被混淆的（特别是早清与晚明）：难道专家是故意的？或是看错了？