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Old Chinese Calligraphy and Dragon Art

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dragon Older Chinese dragon artworks are often found on painting or in ink. Works done in ink like Chinese calligraphy or paint have a long history of being misrepresented in Chinese art. Even works that we attributed to known Chinese masters were often done by students. A master would do the outline than the student would fill in the rest in a style close to that of the master.

Hacking

The above is example of hacking. A artist may not have time or is working on a project and a student does the majority of the work, while the artist still puts his name or seal on the work. This is a act of deception that was common to get better value for the work and be able to turn out more.

Altering

Altering involves taking a genuine work and turning it into a more valuable work, either by adding or subtracting a portion. This is done with careful scraping, cutting, erasing, bleaching and washing. The goal is to turn a work from the same time period into a more famous one and adding a masters signature. This is not to be confused with legitimate restoration. On close inspection with the help of magnification it can be easy to see the signs of alteration as its difficult to do without leaving behind evidence.

Copying

Copying a original painting is not easy to do. Good copies that are not easy to detect take perfect brush work. Trying to copy every brush stroke of a original leaves the artist very confined and he is unable to produce a natural brush stroke. Not only does the brush stroke have to be right but the exact bend of the brush and speed of the stroke. Many copies will have brush strokes that are tight and more uniform than originals. Experts claim they can tell fakes because they look lifeless do to this uniform brush work.

Tracing

Tracing especially older Chinese Calligraphy is among the hardest to detect. Superimposing a piece of silk over older Chinese calligraphy on a light window, a artist can trace it with a pointed brush outlining it exactly and filling it in with ink later. Experts often rely on the smell of the ink to get a gut feeling. Probably 99% of older Chinese calligraphy, although beautiful is fake.