Chapter 1312 Han Jade is not fake
“Let’s not let Mr. Zhou laugh at such bragging.” Xu Zhimian waved his hands: “We can talk about Mr. Zhou’s thoughts and ideas first.”
Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I want to show you two things."
After that, he pulled out his suitcase and opened it. After removing the bubble wrap, he took out three pieces of jade and placed them on the table.
“What a good item!” Xu Zhimian’s somewhat cloudy eyes seemed to clear up suddenly: “This piece of yellow jade is a good item with a hairspring and double hooks!”
"This tapestry ring is also good." Zhu Qinghong is a plump and rich woman, but her strength is in making antique and finely crafted small pieces. She couldn't put it down with the spring water and autumn mountain white jade tapestry ring: "This is the standard Qianlong Worker! It’s Qianlong Worker from the Manufacturing Office!”< br>
Lu Man and Zhang Mingyu, however, set their sights on the Qingyu Cha of the Zhizhi Picking Immortal. To be honest, craftsmen in the Qianlong period were limited by their tools. When dealing with people, animals, etc., especially the appearance of people and the eyes of animals, It is difficult to achieve the ultimate in modernity.
However, this sapphire tree is extremely sophisticated in its use of materials. The best parts of the overall jade are carved into characters and animals. The sapphire skin and green parts are made into driftwood. The crown of the tree; the purple part was made into a large Ganoderma lucidum that the immortal held on his head to provide shade, while the yellow-brown leather part was carved into the trunk and roots. No material was wasted at all. .
Although the details are a bit unsatisfactory, the overall layout and shape are very consistent with the aesthetics of traditional Chinese painting, making this sculpture full of magical charm.
Zhou Zhiyoude and the others admired these three items and humbly asked Xu Zhimian: "General Manager Xu, what are double hairspring hooks?"
"The double hook method of hairspring is an exquisite technique of jade carving in the Han Dynasty. Collectors of ancient and modern jade play and talk about jade, and they all highly praise the subtlety, ingenuity, sophistication and beauty of this technique of Han jade."
" This formulation was first seen in Gao Lian's "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" in the Ming Dynasty: "The Han people pondered that the beauty lies in the double hook." , the grinding method flows gently and finely, without uneven density and intermittent transitions, just like a gossamer trace, without any stagnation. '"
"In other words, when the Han people cut jade, Two negative engraved lines as thin as hair will be used to create the effect of a positive line on the carving surface to shape the shape. "Of course, this alone cannot express the exquisiteness of the craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty, so there are several additional requirements." Xu Zhimian looked at the yellow jade dragon head: "The first is what I just said. , the lines are polished as 'double hook grinding method', and the shape is 'double hook incised line'; secondly The inscribed lines are as thin as a hairspring, with gentle curves and smooth lines;"
"Xiao Zhou, look here again, these parallel lines need to be neat, clear, and evenly spaced, so they cannot be seen. Where the handover is interrupted, there are traces of blockage that can be expressive.”
Zhou Zhi finally understood, but a huge question arose: "Uncle Xu, jade carving craftsmen in the Han Dynasty still used a weight machine, right? It is a rotating grinding wheel. The jade worker took the jade material and put it on the grinding wheel. Touch to carve out the shapes and lines on the jade pieces."
"How do they do this. What kind of tool was used to carve these inscribed lines on the hairspring? And each line is exactly the same, with the same spacing and the same width? "
The two of them forgot to be polite when discussing the jade carving process. The boss in charge of capital management called him "Xiao Zhou", and one of them called him uncle accordingly. Neither of them noticed this.
“So, there is a saying in the industry that Han jade is genuine.” Xu Zhiman took out a small high-power magnifying glass from his pocket, pushed it away and handed it to Zhou Zhi: “This needs to be magnified sixty times before you can see it. Be clear, Xiao Zhou, take a closer look at the lines and traces of the dragon's head, and what do you find?"
Zhou Zhi pressed his eyes on the magnifying glass and took a closer look at the jade. Then he felt the hairs on his back counting down: "These hairspring threads, they... they are not one! They are countless ...composed of countless traces of hair!”
"That's right!" Xu Zhimian chuckled and said, "So the technique of this craft is called 'Mao Carving'!" "So..." Zhou Zhi suddenly came to his senses: "Just now, what Uncle Xu meant when he said that Han jade has no imitation is Do you mean that we cannot reproduce such lines using modern technology? ”
“Such a line looks like a curve, but it is actually composed of countless small straight lines. , but it’s just hidden from people’s eyes. This is the real hairspring craftsman.”
“Now we use tooth engraving machines to make such lines. The lines are drawn directly with the tip of the grinding needle, so it is impossible to see. You can see such wool carving lines. "
"But what if someone uses a motor to install abrasive discs and use jade pieces to touch these lines like ancient craftsmen made jade carvings? "
"Hahahaha..." Xu Zhimian seemed to have heard some funny joke: "It can be said that all new jade workers have thought about your idea. But this is absolutely impossible to succeed."
< br>“Why?”
“Because in ancient times The weight machine is manually pedaled, and the speed is extremely slow. The abrasive is jade sand, and the hardness is not at the same level as the current corundum and emery. Therefore, these lines are drawn little by little at an extremely slow speed and for an extremely long time. I figured it out slowly.”
“To make a line like this. , it may take a month, at least it will take several years to carve this jade." Xu Zhimian smiled and said, "So unless you use the same tools and the same time as the ancients, you will be able to carve it. It’s impossible to imitate such an artifact.”
“I understand.” Zhou Zhihuo. Ran Cheerang said: "If someone can really spend a few years to forge an antique Han jade that is just like the real thing, then he is definitely a master in this industry, but he is already a master, can he still make money by making fakes? So this is the true meaning of Hanyu’s authenticity!”
"Hahahaha..." Xu Zhimian was very happy: "Xiao Zhou is really a smart man. He will understand it as soon as he mentions it!" Lines, straight lines, curves and other forms of expression, generally the courage to express geometric moiré, variant animal face patterns, bundles of silk patterns, floral branch patterns, mesh lines, short parallel diagonal lines, etc.”
“In addition to the well-known eight-knife technique of Han jade, hairspring craftsmanship is another typical type of Han jade. In antique ritual vessels, it is decorated with animal-faced clouds and dragons. The fine work surface such as the grain pattern and the Taotie pattern is the most outstanding.”
“This dragon head hibiscus is not the most expressive. If you have a chance, go and see the jade-inlaid gilt headpiece unearthed from the tomb of King Jing Liu Sheng in Manchengling Mountain. The animal face pattern is carved on the jade inlay, and the forehead, eyebrows, beard, etc. of the animal face are filled in. The hair-thin silk patterns are the pinnacle of hairspring craftsmanship.”
“Of course, hairspring craftsmen began to appear in the Zhou Dynasty. Now, after the development of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and finally the Dacheng Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are some differences. Generally speaking, the hair marks are thick and short in the early stage, and become thinner and longer as they go later. But no matter which one it is, you have seen more. , can distinguish the wear marks caused by slow weight and soft sand work, which are very different from the marks of modern machinery. ”
"So as long as you know the hairspring craftsmanship and hair carving craftsmanship, you can tell the difference between real and fake ancient jade. This is the origin of the saying 'Han Jade is not fake'."
"If you can't even see this Come out, then it’s best not to play with ancient jade. After all, money doesn’t come with strong winds.”
(End of this chapter)