Appreciating Antiques. Antique Expert Jia Wenzhong Talks About 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 appraising 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 appraising expert possesses remarkable achievements: some have dedicated their lives to the appraisal, preservation, and exhibition of cultural relics and national treasures at the Palace Museum; others have long traveled across the country, engaging in the collection and restoration of artifacts scattered among the people; and some have spent decades searching for treasures, gaining extensive experience. Each has honed a pair of professional and extraordinary "sharp eyes." Countless superb fakes have been identified by them one by one, and countless treasures that could have easily been overlooked by ordinary people have been spotted by them with keen insight, ultimately becoming hotly contested high-value auction items. Their professional knowledge and industry experience are regarded by every artifact enthusiast and art collector as "treasured secrets" and "bible classics." Now, all these secrets have been revealed to the readers.