The blue-and-white porcelain plate that was damaged in the Forbidden City was rumored to be a new product just bought from a porcelain store.

After verification, the rumors that the identification of cultural relics only through photos is too crude and lacks evidence, which is wrong information.

(The picture is taken from the official website of the Fact-Checking Center)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A message circulated on social platforms recently, saying: "The blue and white porcelain plate that was damaged in the Forbidden City not only has an incorrect blue and white color, but also has no pulp. It is a new product just bought from a porcelain store."

Fact-checking agencies found that the rumors lacked evidence and were therefore misinformation.

The "Fact Check Report" released by the "TFC Taiwan Fact Check Center" on the 2nd pointed out that a text message with a picture was circulated on the social platform Facebook on October 29.

The picture on the Internet contains 2 pictures, one is a broken plate with the words "This is a Qing Qianlong blue and white flower plate broken by the Forbidden City in Taipei"; the other is a complete plate with the label "This is a Qing Qianlong auction at Christie's in 2018". Longevity plate with blue silkworm pattern".

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The rumor says: "Any experienced antique shop can confirm whether it is "new" or "antique" from the "paste" of the object. In the photo with the complete Qianlong blue and white plate, you can see its "pattern". It is obvious that the broken one not only has an incorrect blue and white color, but also has no pulp at all. At a glance, it can be seen that it is a new product that has just been bought from the porcelain shop.

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Recently, the case of damaged cultural relics in the Forbidden City has been discussed. The inspection center compared the photos of damaged cultural relics provided by the Forbidden City and found that the rumored picture card quoted the pictures of broken plates provided by the Forbidden City to the media.

In addition, the Inspection Center found a photo of one of the auction items in the online auction titled "Ancient and Modern | Online Auction: Collection of Chinese Art" held from April 4 to 12, 2018 by Christie's Qianlong blue-and-white silkworm pattern longevity dial", the photo is exactly the same as the one posted on the Internet.

In response to rumors claiming that "the Forbidden City broke the porcelain, there is no pulp at all", art historian Qiu Jianyi said that pulp refers to the traces formed on the surface of the utensils due to use, fouling, and oxidation, which are formed the day after tomorrow and have nothing to do with the authenticity of the cultural relics. It does not matter, so it cannot be used as the sole basis for distinguishing between true and false.

In addition, he also said that there are rumors that the blue and white color base is not correct. In fact, although the blue and white hues all come from cobalt elements, there is not only one type of glaze made of cobalt. Depending on the glaze, the fired colors are different.

Zeng Sulliang, a professor at the Institute of Art History at National Taiwan Normal University, pointed out in an interview that the principle of identifying cultural relics and artworks is that you must personally contact the real objects and identify the objects on the spot. Therefore, the accuracy of determining the authenticity by only photos or drawings will be greatly reduced.

Based on the above, the verification platform determined that the rumored pictures quoted the damaged photos of the "Qing Qianlong Blue and White Flower Plate" in the Forbidden City and the photos of the auctions on the Christie's website in 2008, as two cultural relics to compare the authenticity of the fake.

Experts pointed out that the identification of cultural relics only through photos is too crude, arbitrary, lack of evidence and unscientific, so it is wrong information.