1. Type. Ancient Chinese bronze Buddha statue art is divided into two parts: Han Buddha statue art and Tibetan Buddha statue art, to distinguish between style differences; to clarify the bronze composition or gold and other textures; combined with the characteristics of the times comprehensive judgment, to judge whether the bronze Buddha statue is a new imitation, whether the old treatment.
2. Color. Ancient Buddhist statues were placed on the niches of the Buddha and worshipped for a long time. The earth's fireworks, the sun and the moon erosion, especially the bronze statue of the surface color is dim, in the sun refracted back to the light is soft. The new imitation and old processed bronze statue of Buddha refracts light more dazzling.
3. Quality. In ancient times, the bronze was pure and heavy in weight, especially the thickness of casting objects. Imitation copper and bronze statues are usually pure copper, light in weight and used in alloy materials.
4. Process. Restricted by the ancient production technology, the cast Buddha statue has to be carefully sculpted and processed. The expression, costume and base are clearly visible. The modern bronze casting mechanism is polished, resulting in very regular machining marks.
5. Sense of smell. Ancient bronze Buddha statues, after long-term worship, smoke, you can smell the smell of fireworks; if long-term buried in the ground, you can smell the smell of mold, decay. Modern imitations smell chemical corrosion.
