Two: the authenticity of the old beeswax is new and old. The following is a cliche, which many people on earth know. Many friends can skip this paragraph. 1: remove the false and keep the true (1): salt water test method uses saturated salt water, puts beeswax into the test, and the real beeswax floats on the water surface. One thing needs to be said, some friends may have tested it, and some beeswax is semi-floating and semi-sinking. My understanding is that this situation depends on the density of beeswax. Although many players disdain the salt water test method, this clumsy method can at least rule out 80% fraud. (2): Low-grade imitations with moire method to remove fake non-beeswax ingredients can generally be removed with salt water or appearance color, but the suppressed things, because the ingredients are beeswax, have some colors and appearance of beeswax, and some even have orange skin and flesh that look very open, so no one can be 100% sure to remove the fake from the outside, so it is necessary to look at the internal form through transparent illumination to remove the fake from the real, commonly known as moire, although the appearance of the shell is not easy to distinguish. However, the internal form cannot be so natural. Moire is particularly accurate to describe the internal form of beeswax, just like clouds in the sky, which are thick and light, changeable and ever-changing. Any piece of beeswax has a unique moire, only similar, not the same. Although true moire is varied, it is natural and elegant, while false moire mostly rotates in one direction. Be sure to see more and compare more, and you will naturally understand the truth. In a word, moire fringe is the only way to eliminate synthesis inhibition. The following two pictures are two old printing presses. You can compare them. Specific reference: midnight orchid (the only way to get rid of the old depression): 2. If we play with beeswax, then we don't have to struggle too much. We play with old beeswax. This old word is very important. This word seems to be a door Without this word, you haven't started yet. Here are some old strings to sing and talk about some non-absolute characteristics of old beeswax. (1): Pore holes: First of all, we should eliminate small holes, because the technology done a hundred years ago was relatively backward, and most of them were drilled by hand, and the holes drilled were already very large. After years of playing and squeezing strings, the old beeswax has at least one corner hole worn by strings or keyhole squeezed aside by strings. (2): patina: patina is a long-lasting rubbing dish for players. Due to playing for a long time, the surface of the old beeswax has formed a film-like luster. The luster of dense wax relatively proves that the finished product has a long life after processing. (3): Weathered grain: Weathered grain is also called orange peel grain. The name is exact, and the image is similar to that of orange peel. From the child's point of view, points of different sizes aggregate into a surface. Weathering pattern is a kind of vicissitudes of life that has been placed for a long time and is fresh, without the moisture of oil and sweat, and the damage of sunshine and air to the shell of beeswax. Therefore, almost all the old beeswax that has been played for a long time and has a delicate patina does not have this weathering pattern. Similar to human skin, cosmetics are used more, so they are not so harsh. (4): Ice crack: Ice crack is also called film opening. Ice crack is a kind of dry crack in a dry environment for a long time, so ice crack and patina are relative. It's good to play with the patina for a long time, and the ice crack with good patina is slowly formed. Just like a piece of land, irrigation with sweat and oil stains will not dry up. This can explain why many old beeswax shells have no ice cracks, and the channels have ice cracks. Some people say that the old beeswax is playing with the leather shell, which is correct, because the leather shell contains all her history. Without the shell, there is basically no difference between the inner layer of the old beeswax and the new beeswax, so the old beeswax only plays with comfortable pores, precious light formed by exquisite patina, and infinite weathering and ice cracking of internal letters.
The above is not a criterion for judging the old and the new, but a relative feature. Why? Weathering and ice cracking are relative to patina. Good natural weathering and ice cracking are relatively not serious, and good patina will inevitably play for a long time, but there is also a degree of playing. There must be a difference between a stick of incense a day and an hour. However, the long-term abrasion of the hole will form keyhole, because the wear of the hole is mostly the extrusion of the rope, which has a great relationship with the tightness of the rope. If it is tight, it will wear badly, and if it is loose, it will be lighter. Moreover, the formation of keyhole or horn hole is bound to be played for a long time, which will inevitably form patina. Therefore, the above four non-absolute characteristics complement each other. As for how old an old beeswax is, we can only guess according to some existing non-absolute standards, so that we can know how unreliable the exact date of determining the old beeswax is.
Three: old beeswax baking color, old 1: I have to say baking color. Optimizing the baking color of beeswax has a long history in Europe. It is a production method of amber beeswax and other jewelry, and it is a simple physical process such as pressing and baking. These optimized processing methods are only to increase its brightness and hardness, and carry out small-scale processing on the basis of its own valuable beeswax. This technology has been used in Europe for a long time and is considered as a reasonable processing procedure. This baking color is common on some old necklaces returned from Europe. I understand and accept this baking color. However, this reasonable optimization method has been distorted in China, and the cost has been changed and the calendar has been added, and the program has become cumbersome and glued; Baked at high temperature and constant temperature, chemically colored, and then processed into nondescript things, that is, there is no freshness of new beeswax and no connotation of old beeswax. It is like a woman falling into the dust, with heavy makeup and vulgar taste, that is, without the innocence of a little girl or the charm of an old woman. Abandon her, abandon her. . . . . What high people say is a cliche. Needless to say, it's easy to see these two posts: Na Pianhai: The picture shows the identification points of barrel beads. Lazy Shanghai: lazy people return from receiving goods and send a knowledge post that is useful to everyone.
Four: the appearance of the old beeswax (shape, color, wax) 1: the shape of the old beeswax If the old beeswax is playing with the skin, then it can be said that the old beeswax pursues the shape. I think many people have personal experience. When you have cake, you want to have a date. When you have a date, you have to pursue a bucket. The shape of old beeswax can be divided into balls, barrels, dates, cakes, piers and slices from high to low, according to its name and grade, as well as its rarity in the world. Of course, this is a general generalization, and there are some special shapes, such as horseshoe-shaped beads, drum-shaped beads and olive-shaped beads, as well as tees, crosses, shadow clouds and fun. Among them, horseshoe beads are a special kind, because balls, barrels and dates can form horseshoe shapes after long-term play and wear. Strictly speaking, ball beads are drum beads, and olive beads are another form of jujube beads. At present, there is no need to reclassify piers and floors. We cannot travel through time and space, so the shape of old beeswax is uncontrollable. Now you are processing an octagonal beeswax, which can only be regarded as a new beeswax. We can only choose from the current shapes. But that's the charm of Wan Wen. We are constantly pursuing and sprinting to a higher level under the current situation. Therefore, beads should pursue shapes and cakes should pursue perfect circles. In any case, we all have a pair of eyes that find beauty. We should match them better and present their charm better. 2. The color of old beeswax is put together with wax, because there is really nothing to waste on these two points. Although the colors of old beeswax are varied, they can be classified into three categories, namely, red, yellow and flower. For wax, the higher the transparency, the worse the wax. Relatively speaking, the thicker the moire, the better the wax, which can understand why the flower wax cannot be penetrated by light.
Four: the residence of the old beeswax. Why use "place of residence" instead of "place of origin" in the above questions? Old beeswax belongs to a special category in Wan Wen, because the word "place of origin" is only the place where beeswax was unearthed, in other words, it is called old beeswax after processing and molding, so the birthplace of old beeswax can be ignored, and we need to pay attention to his place of residence after processing and molding. Some of the old beeswax circulating at present are religious articles in Muslim areas, some are religious articles in Tibet, and some are decorations of European nobles. Due to different places of residence, the price of old beeswax varies greatly. Tibet seems to be a symbol of the nobility in several areas where old beeswax lives. If the word Tibet is marked, you can naturally increase the price by a few percent. The ultimate reason is the superstitious color of religious belief. In fact, we might as well ask ourselves from time to time. Are we playing beeswax or superstition? Of course, whatever you play is up to you to choose. Borrow a passage I said before to end this post. Nepal beeswax, like Tibetan wax, is both beeswax, but because of superstition, the price of Tibetan wax is higher, which is an unchangeable fact. But the identity of Tibetan wax is given by people. We don't know whether the mud is true or not, but there is definitely no Tibetan household registration certificate. There is a Buddha in my heart, whether it is a clay bodhisattva or a real person. When we are not superstitious, can we shout "Tibetan wax would rather have seeds"?