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Subject:High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: Ben Fri, Jun 13, 2025 IP: 154.47.22.82 I love early Chinese ritual bronzes, but in my early 20s I regrettably don't have a house's-worth of funds to dump into purchasing an authentic piece. That brings me to my question. |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: rat Mon, Jun 16, 2025 Un/fortunately (as you prefer), just about anything you find desirable and sold as Shang at auction houses outside the absolute top of that field will qualify as a reproduction these days. Not sure where the locus of forgeries is for archaic bronzes these days though. |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: Ben Tue, Jun 17, 2025 So basically are you saying that there would be no meaningful savings in buying a reproduction because any reproductions of high enough quality to satisfy a collector/amateur art historian would just be passed off as legitimate and priced accordingly? |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: rat Thu, Jun 19, 2025 Basically, yes. It's a cynical opinion of mine, but the number of fakes in the marketplace for Chinese antiques (in nearly all media) is painfully high. Many appear in local/regional/online auctions. If you see something you would like to have at a price you can afford, buy it on the assumption that it is a replica. Genuine later bronzes are available at $1K-$2K, but genuine Shang bronzes at that price will be far from museum quality. |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: Brian Sat, Jul 12, 2025 Rat's opinion isn't just cynical, it's wildly incorrect and pretty much the opposite of the truth. |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: Ben Sun, Jul 13, 2025 Brian, |
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Subject:Re: High quality Shang Bronze reproductions?
Posted By: David Brian Mon, Jul 14, 2025 Hi Ben, |
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