"That was definitely impossible."
Guan Guokang smiled. "These ceramics were fired only after huge sums had been invested. If they were put on the market like this, the money earned would be nothing compared with the cost. So, generally speaking, after the items were fired, they would be transported abroad through some secret channel. Then, rumors would deliberately be spread that certain items had appeared in a certain place, after which they would be resold to the mainland through legitimate channels. By then, they could naturally be sold at a high price."
Hearing this, Old Yan and Old Hua, who were learning of such a situation for the first time, exchanged looks in disbelief. Neither of them had expected counterfeiters to go to such lengths for profit.
Guan Guokang continued, "Aside from him, whether they were Yuan blue-glazed white-dragon dishes and meiping vases, or large jars that had been fabricated and imagined, there have been quite a few convincing reproductions among those I've seen over the past two years. To make an accurate judgment, one truly has to have handled the genuine items before."
"Some have excellent imitations of the original shapes; some have glaze colors that can pass for the real thing; and some have extremely exquisite painting. But overall, based on our experience, we can generally still tell whether these imitations are genuine after handling them."
By this point, everyone understood what Guan Guokang was trying to say. Although it had now been confirmed that this small blue-glazed and gilt-painted bowl was indeed a fake, the conclusion had only been reached after discussions among numerous experts. How many people would have such conditions when buying things on the market normally?
Therefore, if large numbers of such highly convincing fakes appeared on the market, the impact would be self-evident.