South Red Agate King returns

In the past few years, in the jade collection market, it has always been the protagonist of jade and Hetian jade. However, since last year, there has been a newcomer in the jade world, which is the momentum of the jade market when it started. The "new upstart" we are talking about is the South Red Agate. How new is it, even the name is just taken, but it has a long history. It is not only recognized by collectors and jade carving masters, but also frequently appeared in major venues, and it is almost like the white jade and jade of the older generation.

Why is South Red Agate so red? Then follow the reporter to find out.

Investigation: Is Nanhong so red?

In September, the Shilihe antique market in Beijing's South Third Ring Road was also deserted, and the jade market recently ushered in the off-season. However, in the view of Ms. Hu Yue, the business, there is no shortage of good goods in the market. The good thing in her hand is the South Red Agate.

She told reporters: "Nanhong started to fire in March last year. In recent years, the price of jadeite is too expensive, many people can't afford it, so the beautiful and cheap Nanhong once attracted, it attracted a lot of original The business of the jade business turned to Nanhong." Hu Yue is also one of the businesses.

She introduced that because of the limited raw materials of Nanhong, it was recognized by the market, and many processing plants increased supply, resulting in a sudden emergence of a large number of South Red in the market in the second half of last year. At the end of the year, there was a panic in the value of repeated speculation, and the price finally fell back. Since the beginning of this year, the price of Nanhong has slowly recovered, and its price has been steadily rising until now.

How hot is Nanhong now? Ms. Hu took a beaded pendant to the reporter. "This pendant has 18 pieces, which belongs to the best persimmon red in Nanhongli. The market price is between 80 and 1 million, which means that the price is about 20,000 yuan." It is not as big as the little finger belly. Beads, 30,000 yuan each, what is the concept? It has already surpassed diamonds.

The reporter visited several merchants specializing in Nanhong and found that such a price is not exaggerated. A general-grade Maitreya Buddha must have more than 200,000 yuan. This is still a general job.

Why is Nanhong so expensive? This has to start from the history of Nanhong.

The so-called Nanhong is the red agate produced in the south. The Chinese have used Nanhong for 2,000 years. During the Qianlong period, Nanhong was highly sought after by the court. Its greatest value was to replace coral. We know that in natural rubies, in addition to coral is agate. However, during the Qianlong period, the mining of Nanhong appeared in the mine. It was once again in the 1980s, when Baoshan, Yunnan produced a small amount of Nanhong. Until around 2010, Sichuan Liangshan mine produced a high-quality Nanhong mine, and Nanhong once again entered the public's field of vision.

Nanhong is a scarce jade. It has been extinct for centuries and now reappears in the rivers and lakes. It is reported that the South Red stone that can be bought now is really very good. Moreover, the people of the place of origin are also very good at learning. Once they know that this is a good thing, they sit on the ground and start to price the price of Nanhong.

Ms. Hu Yue is very optimistic about Nanhong. "Because the resources of Nanhong are limited, this natural mineral will definitely be less and less. Apart from some of the speculation factors, the price of Nanhong will continue to go up in the long run."

Collection: The most beautiful but persimmon red

Now, the southern red in the market is generally from Baoshan, Yunnan and Liangshan, Sichuan. Baoshan's southern red color is bright red, the original stone material is small, and it is often processed into finished beads; while the southern red of Sichuan Liangshan, the original stone is relatively large, making more carved pieces. Because the climate in Sichuan and Yunnan is relatively humid and the water is sufficient, the south red of these two producing areas is relatively warm and full.

The reporter visited the market and found that Nanhong's finished products are generally bead strings, pendants and small pieces, not much finished products. Like other agates, southern red is mainly produced in volcanic rock fissures and stomatal structures. After the pores are formed, the silica-rich solution penetrates into it to form agate. So how big is the hole, how big is the South Red.

The ordinary finished product is red, the market price difference is thousands of miles, the low-end is a few dollars, tens of dollars, and the highest is tens of thousands. What criteria is Nanhong divided?

Senior collectors give two tips: First, the color, South Red Agate can be divided into persimmon red, cherry red, rose red, red and white, blush and water through the color. The top grade of Nanhong is persimmon red, named after the skin color of mature persimmon, also known as Jinhong. Followed by the texture, South Red is a gelatinous texture, even if the full color of the beads is slightly light, there is a similar feeling of Hetian jade.

Ms. Hu concluded that the beauty of Nanhong lies in the charm, the glamour, the beauty, the dignified atmosphere, and it is in line with the Chinese aesthetics. She introduced: Good Nanhong should be full of flesh, meat is full, only one color. However, the number of full-fledged South Red is very small, and a collector has set a high price to find a full-fledged bead, but he has not found it for half a year.

As a collection of appreciation and preservation, if there are conditions, try to buy a higher grade, the higher the grade, the faster the appreciation. In 2006 and 2007, some merchants went to Gannan Tibetan Area, Lanzhou and other places to receive the goods. At that time, Lezi (Long strip single bead) only had 60 to 70 yuan per piece, and then all the way up, in 2011 Less than a thousand dollars, by now, two or three thousand, the highest product has risen to more than 5,000 yuan.

Experts pointed out that for new consumers, choosing a piece of Nanhong finished product needs to grasp the five-word mantra - "truthful and beautiful." Really, it is the real thing. Make sure that what you buy is genuine, otherwise nothing can be said. Rare, referring to rare, this variety is relatively rare, such as the red persimmon in South Red, the more rare the higher the value. Beauty, the beauty is said, the natural gemstone has a natural beauty, try to choose the finished product without flaws. Strictly referred to as engraver, a large number of mature jade creators, especially jade carving masters who participated in Nanhong's creation, greatly enhanced the artistic quality and collection value of Nanhong's works, and thus widened the value-added space of Nanhong. It is absolutely unique and unique, and such a baby is undoubtedly the most collectible.

For the collection of South Red, there is a saying in the industry, "I missed the emperor green, and missed the fat, but don't miss the persimmon red."

How does TIPS distinguish between true and false South Red?

As the market of South Red Agate is popular, unscrupulous traders are also looking for huge profits, and the burned agate is a fake South Red Agate. It is usually heated with a turquoise agate and the color turns red. In the player industry, this fake Li Gui is called "East Red Agate." To put it simply, Donghong's color is dark, the texture is light and brittle, and the internal cinnabar is unevenly distributed. The high magnification magnifying glass can see the texture of the crack after heating.

Another inferior fraud is dyeing. This type of fake is easy to appear in the red red agate posing as cherry red. The main criterion is to see if the distribution of cinnabar is uniform or not, and the second is to observe whether the texture has a gelatinous texture. It is difficult for dyeing materials to have these two qualities. The true South Red Agate, even if it is iced, is nearly colorless, and has a sticky gelatinous texture, similar to the visual effect of jelly.

Of course, the magic height is one foot, and the southern red agate also has the fake method of injection molding and sealing wax. This kind of discrimination is relatively simple. The glued southern red agate has a transparent inclusion on the outer layer with tiny bubbles in the middle. Sealing wax will enhance the southern red gel texture, which is often used to fill the cracked southern red products, making the poorly textured South Red Agate look bright and moist. As long as it is heated, it is baked with a lighter to observe whether there is a raw wax smell or whether there is wax oil oozing out.

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