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xsCharacterisation of Overglaze Painting on Japanese Porcelain Using Scanning Proton and Electron Microprobes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Raik Jarjis ,
Peter Northover  and
Irene Finch
Raik Jarjis
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Oxford, OXFORD, OXI 3RH, UK
Peter Northover
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OXFORD, OXI 3PH, UK
Irene Finch
Affiliation:
67a Wallwood Road, LONDON, ElI lAY, UK
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Abstract

The scanning proton microprobe and electron microprobe/microscope are used to characterise overglaze painting on 18th and 19th century Japanese porcelain. The first objective was to distinguish between two apparently different types of gold painting in terms of particle size, composition and application. The multi-element X-ray mapping and analysis using proton-induced X-ray emission and the depth profiling possible using Rutherford back-scattering on the scanning proton probe make simplify the analysis of the structure of complex decorative schemes involving several pigments. First results and future developments are presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 143
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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