"Hiring a master painter would certainly be uneconomical, but don't forget that technology is advanced nowadays. We can use a computer to print the pattern of the genuine article onto it. Wouldn't that produce the same effect as the real thing?"
Chu Chen said, "Take the marks on porcelain, for example. In the past, people hired those skilled at calligraphy to imitate them. No matter how high their skill, it was still difficult to reproduce both the form and spirit perfectly, and many fakes revealed their flaws through the marks. Now that computers exist, counterfeiters have promptly made use of this modern technology. They use computers to create the marks. I can't say they can make them one hundred percent accurate, but they can certainly reproduce both the appearance and the spirit."
After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, there was no need to mention how frustrated and stifled Li Guiheng felt. He furrowed his brow tightly, thought for a while, and still seemed unwilling to give up. "If this plate was made in recent years, then how did they remove its artificial gloss?"
Chu Chen said, "That is even simpler..."
In the past, counterfeiters mainly used three methods to remove the artificial gloss from porcelain: "grinding," "conditioning," and "washing." However, these three methods were either time-consuming and laborious or ineffective.
Modern counterfeiters were much more sophisticated than those of the past. They used relatively scientific methods to remove the artificial gloss from porcelain.
The first method was to use a high-speed spray gun to evenly spray fine sand onto the glaze. Even under a magnifying glass, no flaws could be detected. The second was to add an appropriate amount of zinc oxide to the glaze during firing. The freshly fired porcelain would then have no floating sheen. This method had deceived