Third joke is about Nyonya ware, in the 70's till the 80's "Bandung copies" in antique ceramics was known and "Jingdezhen copies" were not heard of. Nyonya ware were also sold by mail order (I have the brochure and price list) and this was well aware by most collectors themselves.
Fourth joke is about a company in the Peoples' Republic of China authenticates for antique collectors and can sell at a higher price. I had in this blog which I had stated that I have no trust in them. In Malaysia, unwanted bricks from old building were shipped to Japan to build houses and also why do collectors want to collect old porcelain items. ( there must be a reason to it but collectors and expert had known). Old Yi-Hsing teapot must leak in order to be good (when water is kept in the teapot water must seep through the wall of the teapot) and this is known to tea drinkers cum collectors. Makers of imitation porcelain items will put on the most valuable reign mark on the items to attract buyers and this is known to collectors.
Fifth joke was that at Amcorp Mall, dealer asked me whether I have Xi-Bei Hong painting on horses and I said hat Ma-Bei Hong painting is better. The complaint is on the brush strokes in Chinese paintings.
Sixth joke is about a collector from Penang, claim that he will throw away the items in his collection when experts tells him that the items are no good, my answer to him is that you are practicing wealth never pass three generations because old man doesn't teach the son and the son doesn't pass the information to the next generation. A number of collectors were stunned by this statement of mine but I had solved this problem of mine and some of my items are overseas.
All these years there were a lot fun in my research and enjoyment never cease, unlike whistle blowers ended like the fifth joke. Some comments from expert like authentication by weight and shape is not reliable and others need to be checked. Recently there was an article in the Star Newspaper dated 28th Jan,2012 that shows a boy looking at a Ching dynasty (A.D. 1644 -A.D. 1911) plate in China. It is common knowledge that most of the enamel polychrome are from the Ching dynasty which include the early Pua Nguar and Nyonya ware. Famille Noire, Famille Verte, Famille Jaune and Famille Rose are the names given to the coloured enamel wares. With a number of Ching dynasty emperors, the difficult part to identify lies with 3 emperors, the rest has a vast difference in many ways. This is known to experts and was not brought out for lectures leaving next generation lack of knowledge and also making those important artefacts in famous collectors becoming unimportant.
