Appraiser Jia Wenzhong on bronze collection

Author: Jia Wenzhong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Covers a wide range of art and collectibles, gathers the life's work of top appraisal experts in China's cultural heritage field, combining various collecting knowledge, industry backgrounds, authentication tricks, and valuation techniques into one. With innovative formats and exquisite images, it is designed for the practical needs of collectors, balancing theory and practice, as well as entry-level and advanced knowledge. It is a practical reference book for collectors. Each appraisal expert has an extraordinary career: some have dedicated their lives to the appraisal, preservation, and exhibition of cultural relics and national treasures in the Palace Museum; others have long traveled across the country, engaging in the collection and restoration of artifacts scattered among the people; and others have spent decades searching for treasures, battle-hardened. Each has honed a pair of professional and exceptional "sharp eyes"; countless superb fakes have been identified by them one by one, and countless treasures that almost slipped past ordinary people have been spotted by their keen eyes, ultimately becoming hotly contested high-priced auction items. Their professional knowledge and industry experience are regarded by every artifact enthusiast and art collector as "treasured secrets" and "bible classics," and they are now fully revealed to delight the readers.