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EDXRF studies of porcelains (800–1600 A.D.) from Fujian, China with chemical proxies and principal component analysis
✍ Scribed by P. L. Leung; Z. C. Peng; M. J. Stokes; Mike T. W. Li
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-8246
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✦ Synopsis
Dehua white porcelain was an important product for exportation in
China since the Song Dynasty (1000 A.D.). The energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence technique was applied to the study of 41 pieces of Dehua porcelain from Fujian Province, China. The chemical proxies and principal component analysis show that most of the samples are basically distributed in three areas, corresponding to their origins of production, but a few of the samples are scattered owing to the abnormal concentration of the trace elements. These findings indicate the sensitivity of chemical proxies/trace element techniques for discriminating the provenance postulations.