Process collection experience: Collection of agate to pay attention to three look

Onyx is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. It has been used as an amulet and amulet since ancient times. It symbolizes kindness, love, and hope. It helps eliminate stress, fatigue, and muddyness. As a valuable accessory, agate prices are a few. The year has fallen to the bottom, and in the past two years, the agate's collection is gradually heating up.

Collection agate to pay attention to three look

1, from the color point of view, generally high-quality natural agate with glass and oily luster, the natural pattern of bright colors and bright, natural and pure, smooth and smooth; smooth and smooth texture, the most important is a gradient on the agate, its color is clear, strong sense of hierarchy , The band is obvious, but the quality of the general agate's color and luster are worse. Usually the color of agate determines its appreciation potential. Various levels of agate, red, blue, purple, pink is the best color To be translucent, and should be no impurities, no sand, no cracks.

2, from the production process to see natural agate stone hard, lubricated, dignified, so it's carving more expensive than jade carving. In general, after being crafted by skilled craftsmen agate is of high collection value The more thin the agate is, the more difficult it is to sculpt. If you see the old agate on the market that is particularly well-carved in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, you need to be careful about modern imitations. Because of the carving technique at that time, the line hole in the middle is not It may be very smooth. It is generally crooked and inverted. If you see a very smooth line of holes, it is basically a fake or a fake.

3, from the styling point of view, the general appearance of the characteristics of the collection of agate holdings of high value. The texture of agate is very hard, there are dozens of processes required to produce it, so the more complex shape, the higher the cost, natural, Its value is also higher. In 2007, for example, at the Christie's New York auction, a Qing Dynasty agate-shaped deer shaped pot, lifelike sculpture, and the final transaction price of up to 1,126,800 yuan. The characteristics of the old agate products of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are very collectible. At present, the agate crafts of the utensils and utensils series are the fastest-rising Plates in the entire agate family. At the auction market in Beijing in 2006, there was a goldfish jumping. Longmen's natural agate plate set a high price of 290,000 yuan.