Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XIX

Some experts consider pastiche objects to be the number-one problem on the ancient red pottery market today! W hat appears to be a historically important object might instead be an artifact that has been recon gured to achieve a di erent e ect (for example, a manipulated foreleg on an otherwise stationary horse). As in the following examples, it might even be fragments of ancient pieces that have been reconstructed into a new piece. A pair of painted pottery parade horses, purportedly dated to e Six Dynasties, passed thermoluminescence analysis because appropriate ancient material had been used. However, radiographic examination revealed them to be forgeries. e major seams were revealed during radiography; these have been highlighted in red. ey had been made frommultiple blocks of ancient pottery that had been cut, joined together then carved into the desired shape and beautifully and appropriately pigmented. 2 9 7 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I