Some new results of PIXE study on Chinese ancient porcelain

✍ Scribed by H.S. Cheng; B. Zhang; D. Zhu; F.J. Yang; X.M. Sun; M.S. Guo

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 93 KB
• Volume: 240
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-583X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.151

✦ Synopsis

This paper reports some new results obtained by PIXE on Chinese ancient porcelain. The first results concern the provenance of blue and white porcelain made during the Tang Dynasty (AD618-907), which are the earliest products found in China. The PIXE experimental results show that they were fired in Huangye Kiln, Gongyi, Henan Province. The chemical composition of the body, white glaze and of the cobalt pigment will be reported. This paper also reports the results for early Chinese blue and white porcelain made under the Yuan dynasty (AD1206-1368) in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. Experimental results show that the chemical composition of the cobalt pigment used by officers and popular are similar. These materials were imported from another country. The local asbolite was used as cobalt pigment material since the early Ming Dynasty (AD1368-1644) in Jingdezhen at folk kiln, and it was used at official kiln until the 16th century.