“Listening” is the first step on the journey of learning how to identify and value Chinese ceramics. As the famous Confucian proverb says: The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. This may sound like a strange question, but the answers to it are critical to successfully appraising Chinese ceramics.
If presented with the Chinese vase pictured below, how should an appraiser with no specific knowledge of Chinese ceramics approach it to determine if it is fake or authentic? The best advice would be to “listen to the object.” But how does one “listen” to an object?
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