First, antiquity is not important.
The jade of the previous generation has been sought after by people for hundreds of years because of its historical value, cultural value and research value, and it is understandable that it is also the leader of jade collection varieties.
The Qing Dynasty was the third climax in the history of jade development in China. Because Emperor Qianlong loved Hetian jade, the jade processing in Qing Dynasty developed greatly, and the modeling patterns, styles and varieties, and carving skills surpassed those in previous dynasties, especially antique vessels, figures, flowers and birds, stationery, mountain landscape bonsai and so on. Not only did it surpass the previous dynasty in carving skills, but it also had many innovations and creations that the previous dynasty did not have. It represented the highest level of jade carving at that time, and also created the highest level of the third climax of jade development in China. In the sense of inheritance, development and innovation of jade articles in China, jade articles in Qing Dynasty made great contributions, which was also a model for the development of jade articles. However, the value measurement of jade is to a large extent heavy material and heavy industry, because a superior raw material is hard to find, and a master sculptor is only one in a thousand. The combination of the two creates perfection and also produces. Mr Jo Yeo-jeong described the value of jade in detail in his masterpiece "Antique Guide". A sapphire fingerboard in Qianlong dynasty is certainly not as valuable as today's purple suet jade fingerboard. Jade is different from some works of art, and the value raw materials of jade account for a great factor. Some works of art have low value of raw materials and high artistic added value. For jade, it must not be regarded as ancient, valuable, representative and historic.
In the Qing Dynasty, 80% of Hetian jade carvings were blue and white jade, and many of them were cracked and flawed because they were afraid to choose materials, which affected the appearance. Due to underdeveloped technology, difficult mining conditions and difficult transportation, Hetian jade suet jade paid tribute every year in Qing Dynasty is very few, most of which are blue white jade. Nowadays, Hetian jade mining, whether it is annual output, quality or seed yield, is far more than dozens or hundreds of times that of Qianlong's heyday. Judging from the raw materials, it is better than that of the previous Qing Dynasty. From the perspective of carving technology, no matter the design concept, processing equipment or carving technology, it is far superior to its predecessors. At present, the national treasures of jadeite jade, whether it is the use of raw materials, artistic design, carving technology, are unmatched by predecessors. That is to say, every award-winning work of the "Tiangong Cup" every year can be compared with its predecessors, and every piece is a fine product and a treasure. Contemporary Hetian jade products have the functions of collection, appreciation, appreciation and preservation in terms of artistry, craftsmanship and raw material quality, which also represents the highest level of the fourth climax of China jade development history.
Second, heavy color is not heavy.
Sheep fat jade is named because sheep fat is white and moist, oily and moist, and delicate. Many white stones are neither white nor jade, let alone white is the highest, and white covers all ugliness. The difference between stone and jade is that stone does not have the property of jade, and it can not only emphasize color and white without moistening, but also moisten qualitatively. Without quality and color, it is like without soul and life. Therefore, it is essential to choose Hetian jade suet jade as "color embellishment", white jade and aquamarine as the same color embellishment to win by embellishment, and there are some excellent green jade.
A good hetian jade must have three conditions at the same time: color, moist and clean.
1. The color should be positive, and there should be no images in gray, cyan, yellow and green. The standard colors of white jade are fat white, milk white and litchi white; The standard colors of blue and white jade are pink, mung bean and melon skin.
2. The texture should be moist and the texture should be moist and delicate. It looks like fat and oil, and it is as delicate and smooth as baby's skin when caressed.
3. Overall purity, flawless white is the reputation of Hetian jade, and overall purity, flawless, stone-free and crack-free is the top grade. Yoga does not hide its flaws, and its products are consistent, which is the virtue of Hetian jade.
Third, heavy skin is not heavy.
In recent years, in the collection market of Hetian jade, there are many skin colors that love Hetian jade and are obsessed with its wonderful skin colors, such as bordeaux skin, brick red, orange skin, turmeric skin, tiger skin, gold skin and black skin. Although these skins are very good and rare, they also depend on the origin and material. First of all, make sure that you are a jade lover, mainly jade, not a stone lover (collecting ornamental stones and strange stones is another matter). If it is not jade or the worst jade, what is the use of the best skin color? Is the scarecrow wearing a brand-name suit to show the grade of the suit or to raise the price of the scarecrow? Flowers inserted in cow dung can only be a pity. If a good piece of hetian jade has good leather, it is icing on the cake, making the finishing point, increasing its rarity and increasing the value of things. Therefore, a good leather color should be matched with a good jade, and putting the cart before the horse means putting the cart before the horse. From the perspective of collection, appreciation and preservation, only raw materials without leather have no value-added function and collection value.
Fourth, heavy materials are not heavy.
It is a well-known saying that "jade cannot be cut into a tool". Jade is precious, but its real value can only be shown when it is made into a tool. In other words, it adds artistic added value to the original value of jade. At present, some Hetian jade collectors blindly pursue the quality of raw materials when purchasing collections, ignoring the advantages and disadvantages of sculptors and the cultural connotation of design style. As a collection, it must have a certain collection value, profound cultural connotation, beautiful artistic expression and exquisite carving skills, which are all indispensable parts of the collection value.
To collect contemporary Hetian jade collections, we must first distinguish between what is a commodity and what is a work. There is an essential difference between the two. Commodities are mass consumer goods that can be repeatedly produced. Without artistic soul, it can only be the expression of craftsman's skill at best. A good work of Hetian jade embodies the producer's cultural knowledge, artistic accomplishment and carving skills, so that people can enjoy it in taste, appreciation and play, especially the masterpieces and award-winning masterpieces of jade carving masters, each of which is a stroke of genius and has high artistic value. As time goes on, they will become more and more precious.
No matter how good a piece of Hetian jade is, it has no profound cultural and artistic connotation and exquisite carving skills, and it can only be a semi-finished product, which has no collection and appreciation value.