The price of the china bronze sculpture has always been expensive

Song imitation of bronze ding by later laboratory analysis, we learned that the Song is vintage bronze patina (copper carbonate) plus paint applied to the wall, then painted malachite knots embedded in order to charge the ancient green patina. Blue Rust is the number of blue paint at the first wipe, and then small lapis lazuli set in blue paint on top. Red clay is the pseudo-rust paint transfer on the inside, or rust in the paint transfer within the iron, or clay, iron rust with paint, the deposited charge in the wall of the false patina. The wine vessel with inscriptions have been the focus of pursuit. Then the pseudo-device has been found in the record book, the Song Dynasty bronze. For example, "Zhou History" Volume 10, said: "Wong Yu three ancient hall of the device map in the first set on Xing Zhou Rui Ding, production can not, on both sides Shoumian title ring, three-legged stand for negative animals, strange and not typical, I do not know what to were also three generations of devices. "

Another example is still Xue Gong" ancient Zhongding Yi device shall know Fateh 'a record of letters than dry tomb of copper, Hou's "tripods and the inscription' a record of the division are also pseudo-device once tripod. Originally, the number of the food vessel has been handed down is small. Northern Song Dynasty first of its kind to open-volume copy. Reporter: pseudo-history of imitation, antique bronze and high-volume manufacturing large-scale pseudo begins with the Northern Song Dynasty, why? Dingmeng: Taizong Kuangyin launch "Chen Qiaobing change" from the Later Zhou Dynasty seized power in the hands of widows and orphans. In order to cover up the disgraceful history is conducive to the rule, to establish the Song Dynasty from the date of efforts to amend Chapter Code ceremony. As the "History of the Song," stated that: "brought in Xing-bing, the Zen by week, close embrace the right to outline a disadvantage to Fadu shake it."

Northern Song dynasty system in the revised Code ritual process, advocating retro, anyhow Qin ritual. Huizong Grand Dynasty (AD 1107), set the proposed ceremony Bureau "imperial world seeking ancient artifacts, but also respect the system, MG, Ding, Yi's case" ("History of the Song Lai Chi II"). The demands of the bronze animal sculpture have always been increasing without reduction which has far exceeds supply.  This is the Northern Song court began a large-scale imitation of ancient bronzes. As the Northern Song Dynasty, "Chao world seeking ancient device", so the excavation of the tomb has become a trend across the country, an increasing number of ancient bronzes unearthed. Northern Song Dynasty, with a large number of ancient bronze weapons ware unearthed, people no longer take it as a "good fortune" and "fetish." Some people or for the purpose of enjoying, or the requirements for research to begin to collection of ancient bronzes.

"Archaeological map" Song collectors out there, Henan Lu Wen public, such as over thirty when Lujiang Lipper. But it was the largest collectors or Huizong emperor, his collection of ancient bronzes of more than twenty-five thousand pieces, and declared the house-built collection, which is a world's oldest, richest bronze museum collections. Hence, the price of the china bronze sculpture has always been expensive. Newly discovered ancient bronze did not fully enter the palace, but a large inflows of private collections, leading to the legalization of bronze transaction, there antiquities market. Ye Meng was in the "Stone Mountain recorded words" and reads: "Vision and the ancient device is still within the government between ... and busybodies after year to seek, not heavy Jia, a value of one thousand cord with those devices."