Mr. Hubert said that Vietnam artifacts like this is unique in the world, not hers - Photo: Thai Loc

The author of many research works on the history VN, VN antiques, art VN, Champa culture ... has for TTCT a discussion about antiques VN.

Opening the interview about antiques VN, Mr. Hubert said: "I am extremely impressed pottery VN. The kettle, jars Ly - Tran or lime pot, jar, jars of Le ... all shapes, styles, decorative motifs, it is unmistakable.  
I often joke these objects is 300%, even 500% as antiques VN, with many features that pottery to other countries, including China no. The signs on the artifacts that bear the mark of abstract painting. 10 centuries ago that Vietnam has come up with such motifs are very surprised. For me, these ceramic Ly - Tran is a masterpiece! ".           

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Dong Son culture unique and exclusive in the world, we deserve to continue to delve more. Meanwhile, the Chinese when writing about the Dong Son culture often see this culture as a part of the culture of Guangxi. The Chinese side there are exhibitions about the Vietnam Dong Son map and explanatory notes below that of Chinese culture. In my opinion, this culture of Vietnam is 100% "...

Jean François Hubert

* Sir, antiques in VN is fake confused, not only fake but also faked on the real thing. As an expert, he how to detect the truth - this author? Is there a way to prevent? 
- In VN, some in Bat Trang potters, stone carvers in Danang or copper smelters in Thanh Hoa ... doing very good imitation antiques. They modeled the real and lifelike forger. There are cases in Thanh Hoa, one forger neck, apply an extra layer of "antenna" in the field of the real thing outside and then they postponed dug in the ground, and then there are people who testified in fact, but really ... Guangxi (China) also forging such thing, not only in VN.            
Want to distinguish truth - author must first consider the time traces deposited on the artifacts. The work we do every day and for years to have the experience to draw recognition. Want artifacts right expertise to regularly access, rubbing from day to day, very diligent, meticulous and time consuming.With this job, more and more access to the exhibits, the easier track. 
In fact in the world, only about five or six really specialized, very good, can understand some things thoroughly. But the world is also very good fraudsters, can survive in this profession for 20 years antique.            
I learned a lot from the collector VN. They are rather strange, with people in the 20 years that lingered only objects that accumulated experience rather than learning from books or school or class as an appraiser in the West. Natural long knowledge, distinguish very mature. They experience the Dong Son Bronze truth will be very slight. Champa also true if object snap on the famous "soup cylinder, long curved". Just pick up a wooden statue Funan up, who knew very well - fake.       
Do not expect much new VN only fake but also reverse more Western. Antiques Situation in VN shows it's a vast legacy, and our research on this heritage is not anywhere. 
* Do you have any advice for players antiques VN?          
- If working on this game just should believe in themselves and self-taught, so direct and regular contact with the artifacts. Should go to galleries or museums to see and then find books to read. In VN there are many books on antiques and very good, a lot of research work is valuable ceramics. 
Players should also choose an honest attitude, sense of shame in the game, just modest to learning, raising his passion for the new walk away. In my opinion, it takes at least 15 years to know if you have stayed in the profession or not. Of course, reaching the average level of the artifacts to be considered who have a job. This requires in-depth study in a long time.            
Henri Parmentier old days began with the excavation at My Son. Review Similar excavations, compared to the world, ahead of France's true that other countries more than 30 years but then leveled off. French museums after the first step is very beautiful, just grasping at the ancient artifacts, to date no less than 30 years slower than many museums in the world.    
Each with events in France when a concussion specialist Champa announced new discoveries and research world listens. But then that's sticking out copying items makes people very confused. Thus, if only theoretical research in a long time without touching on objects will not distinguish true - false, and there will be many gaps in expertise ...  
* The VN is a downward trend playing pottery Central Nations that switched to pottery VN. He rated it like?   
- First to admit Chinese pottery in huge quantities and perhaps bring a "vocation regal". Map as beautiful, majestic as the Chinese increasingly important.Meanwhile people VN and Japan when considering artifacts tend more humane, often set in a context of multiple relationships with the land. Meet the items have stretch marks, the Chinese usually discarded. 
VN and Japanese people are kept. They found that it contained the image, the voice of the land. I feel the French we also correlate such land but at a deeper level. This does not understand why the Vietnamese people to the intense exotic. In my opinion, in the next 30 years, this trend will be clearer, and collectors around the world will lean toward this trend.

Must think how to conquer their own cultures           
* At VN only antiques auctions and spontaneous amateur. According to him, why VN no antiques auction? Is it because the law is incomplete, because the Vietnamese do not have the experience or because of poor market appeal?           
- Not only that many other countries VN, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines ... and no auction house. Antiques auction is a guarantee true - great for fake artifacts. But precisely because of the complexity and antiques auction mechanism in VN unclear so it is not organized. In the auction can not be bluffing, who are blinded. Bring a bowl attached to the sale of insurance, and critic, described very fully, from the origin, dating, nature, characteristics, and then pricing ...            
What I like about auctions is everything occurs between the light of day, from buyers and sellers to price, true - false ... So that auctions are more complicated procedures that it can not perform in VN. The largest auction in the world ever seen such troubles. 
There are cases where customers put 10 objects to Christie's and Sotheby two's to auction. Through the examination, research, the auction firm choosing only two items to put up for auction, eight dishes and putting them away. Then auction answered very well that they only sold two dishes. So, sometimes people with antiques denied, angry students accountable auction heart.           
* His prediction about antiques auction market of VN?         
- I have not looked into this market, including in many years. Two large employers auction is Christie's and Sotheby's have been thinking about this for over 10 years but only just starting in a few recent years. To achieve this will have to overcome many very troublesome provisions of the local authorities. Then the phenomenon lies, deception.          
People rarely think of the immense profits to bring nations do this if that thought pastime here is a group of people, so not set things right level. 
You similar VN France and Italy, is the land of high culture. The value of the culture like this is unique. Sometimes I wonder if people realize VN has it not. I think people have to think of ways VN now re-conquer their national culture. We can say cultural VN as mineral, like oil, but no one knew how to exploit to get rich. 
* According to him, the position and the value of antiques VN is where in the world?     
- On the world market, antiques VN neglected as painting, which is located high and continues to rise. Antiques VN, the famous Dong Son map is not much, that's not including the antiques of VN target market but China is their recognition. From 1995-1996, I have held a number of exhibitions and antiques auction VN, but the prices are generally not very high. Meanwhile, the location and price of the painting VN has risen higher in Asian art overall.

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