Types of imitations of Sevres porcelain production on the modern market of antiques Cover Image

Види імітації виробів севрської фарфорової мануфактури на сучасному ринку антикваріату
Types of imitations of Sevres porcelain production on the modern market of antiques

Author(s): Yasmina Kryvushenko
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: imitation; fake; Sevres porcelain manufactory; attribution; art expertise;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the varieties of Sevres porcelain imitation. We emphasize that Sevres manufactory were the most frequently imitated. Such a situation was caused by growing demand since the nineteenth century till today. Despite the high quality of imitations an expert must be able to distinguish the copy from original. The article describes main historical periods of imitations of Sevres porcelain and also modern market of antiques and variety of fakes that can happen there. Art products designed to bring aesthetic pleasure to the audience. However, when we deal with the identification or monetization of art, its historical value and level of performance are carefully analyzed. Therefore, the definition or the historical financial value of the work is an important and multi-stage procedure. Before expert valuers raise the problem of accurate attribution. In addition, it is important to determine its historical origin, the so-called provenance, the study of complexity and, of course, proof of its authenticity, that is accurate to the author or the production of The article is to highlight the main types of imitation products of Sevres porcelain factory, as their awareness can only allow to distinguish the fake from the original. The task of the article is to show at what stages of attribution and art-examination can detect forgery to illustrate an example of it attribution of forgery.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 161-169
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian