《六世班禅画像》唐卡考证

本文根据档案记载对《六世班禅画像》唐卡的制作时间、作者、内容进行了考证,阐释了其“样式”的形成及其对清宫唐卡创作的影响。此唐卡画像属清宫独创的写真画唐卡类,它融合了多种绘画技法即西藏唐卡技法、西洋写实技法和中国传统的青绿山水技法,可以说是一种新的唐卡绘画形式。     

赫图阿拉城“尊号台”遗址建筑格局及相关问题讨论

本文运用考古学资料并结合文献史料,力图论证赫图阿拉城“尊号台”遗址的建筑格局及“尊号台”所在,从而推断满族宫室建筑的雏形。     

合肥北门大房郢水库汉代墓葬出土红色颜料研究

中国先民使用红色颜料的历史悠久,最早可以追溯到新石器时期,它在中国的物质生产和文化发展中发挥了重要的作用。在2006年发掘的大房郢水库汉墓群中发现了两种红色颜料,通过采用X射线衍射、X射线荧光分析和傅立叶变换红外分析等分析方法对其进行了研究,发现它们是赤铁矿(α-Fe2O3)和朱砂(HgS),其用途分别为制造化妆品和红色漆膜。     

Changes in the body,glaze and enamel compositions of early Meissen porcelain, 1723–c.1740

The evolution of early Meissen body, glaze and colorant compositions is examined using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) measurements on three artefacts that can be accurately dated to the period 1723–c.1740. The results are interpreted based on recipes recorded in the earliest documents of the Meissen archives. The pure Aue kaolinite contains low levels of Ti and can be distinguished from secondary clays, for example, clay from Colditz. The excess Ti in the glaze versus the body reported earlier and confirmed by the present authors is explained by the exclusive use of Colditz clay for the glaze, as described in the recipes before 1730, providing a terminus ante quem for Meissen porcelain exhibiting this particular asymmetry. After 1730, the presence of elevated Ti in the body could serve as a marker for the experimental admixture of clays to Aue kaolinite to alter its properties. Based on the detection of As, Ba and Bi, it is suggested that smalt from Erzgebirge was the colorant for blue enamels until at least 1725.     

常熟彩衣堂彩画蓝色颜料研究

常熟彩衣堂建筑彩画是江南地区古建筑彩画中的杰出代表,可一直存在彩画的部分色彩与传统图案用色难以对应的问题。为明确彩衣堂彩画蓝色颜料的使用情况,在前期研究工作成果的基础上,对采集的样品采用光学显微镜、激光显微拉曼光谱仪、X射线荧光分析仪等进行了综合分析。结果表明彩衣堂彩画使用了蓝色有机颜料花青和矿物颜料石青,蓝色纹样处一般只有作为底色的花青残留,从而使得显现的颜色与传统图案用色无法匹配。     

A Discussion on the Emergence and Development of Ancient Chinese Artificial Barium Copper Silicate Pigments from Simulation Experiments

The ancient Chinese barium copper silicate minerals mainly comprise Chinese purple (BaCuSi₂O₆) and Chinese blue (BaCuSi₄O₁₀), which were widely used from the late Warring States Period to the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to clarify the raw material of the pigment, a series of simulation experiments was conducted to produce Chinese purple pigment under varying mineral conditions. The minerals that we applied in the experiment were quartz as the source of silicon, malachite and copper oxide as the sources of copper, barite and witherite as the sources of barium and lead oxide as the source of lead. Simulation experiments showed that the barium copper silicate minerals and the purple pigment can be produced easily when witherite is used as the barium‐containing raw material. From the perspective of mineral resources, the birth of the ancient Chinese pigment associated with a unique barium mineral resource. The Chinese copper‐based pigments are assumed to have been developed independently and are presumably an outcome of historical developments in glazing techniques.     

Egyptian Blue cakes from the Ayanis fortress (Eastern Anatolia,Turkey): micro-chemical and -structural investigations for the identification of manufacturing process and provenance

The microstructure and chemical composition of blue cakes, found during the archaeological excavation of the Ayanis fortress (Eastern Anatolia, Turkey), have been investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM–EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), micro-Raman (μ-Raman) and optical microscopy (OM) techniques. The analysis of the Ayanis cakes has shown the presence of Egyptian blue (i.e. CuCaOSi₄O₁₀, cuprorivaite), as the major component, intermixed with minor amount of other phases such as partially reacted quartz grains, an adherent glass phase and copper oxides. Since the finding of Egyptian Blue in Turkey has been never reported so far, great attention has been paid to its characterisation. The micro-chemical and micro-structural investigations of the Ayanis cakes have allowed a further insight into the manufacturing process and into the sources of the starting materials. The results of the characterisation have revealed some significant differences with respect to Egyptian blue cakes found in Egypt and Mesopotamia, as for instance the absence of tin excluded the use of bronze scraps or filings in their preparation differently from those produced in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Furthermore, some peculiarities of Egyptian blue found in Ayanis, as the detection of zinc in the cakes, allow to put forward the hypothesis of a local production considering that a large part of the bronze artefacts found at the Ayanis fortress is characterised by the presence of zinc as minor alloying element.     

钧瓷天蓝、天青釉色中氧化铁的呈色作用

氧化铁在钧瓷天蓝、天青系列釉色中的着色作用以及乳光蓝色问题,一直是学术界争论的焦点。本研究通过放大氧化铁含量的实验验证方法,通过SEM(scanning electron microscope-扫描电子显微镜)、EDS(Energy Dispersive Spectrometer-能谱仪)、XRD(X-ray diffraction-X射线衍射)等分析方法,重点研究了基础组成和分相结构对釉中氧化铁呈色的影响。同时,作者通过验证研究得出,钧瓷天蓝、天青系列釉色中,真正起呈色作用的是釉中的氧化铁等着色剂,第二相微粒散射呈色并非钧釉的普遍现象,或只是辅助呈色作用。     

The production technology of Egyptian blue and green frits from second millennium BC Egypt and Mesopotamia

The microstructures and chemical compositions of some 55 Egyptian blue and green frit samples from New Kingdom Egypt and 15th century BC Mesopotamia are determined using analytical scanning electron microscopy, the main focus being on frit cakes, powder residues, and frit vessel and bead fragments from one of the “factory areas” at Amarna in Middle Egypt. Replicate Egyptian blue frits produced in the laboratory are similarly investigated. Comparison of the microstructures of the ancient and replicate samples suggest that frit cakes are the primary product, and that these were ground to produce the powder, and then moulded to shape and refired to produce the vessels and beads. Egyptian blue and green frits are shown to be distinct pigments, the pigment produced depending on the relative proportions of copper oxide and lime in the mixtures. The bulk and glass phase compositions are used to try to infer the different sources of the quartz, lime, copper and alkali flux used in the production of frits from Egypt and Mesopotamia. An estimate is made of the scale of production of Egyptian blue frit in New Kingdom Egypt.