Prestigious Afanasyevo Wooden Metal-bound Ware from the Sayan-altai

Metal plates, which probably decorated wooden vessels from Afanasyevo burials, are described. The plates bear punched designs and were clearly related to female symbolism, implying that they were probably used for ritual purposes. Their expansive distribution area from the lower Katun in Gorny Altai to the middle Yenisei in Khakassia points to the similarity between the two local variants of the Afanasyevo culture across the Altai-Sayan region. These vessels might have marked the high social status of the women in whose graves they were placed.     

Ghogha: an Indo-Arabian Trading Post in the Gulf of Khambhat (Cambay), India

The ancient port of Ghogha is situated on the western bank of the Gulf of Khambhat, which has the highest tidal range in India, and the remains of the oldest civilization. Recent marine archaeological explorations in this area yielded many stone anchors. Most are of Indo-Arab type, and only one composite anchor was reported from Ghogha. An anchor similar to those found on the Chinese coast was found at Hathab. With the stone anchors from Ghogha was found a large quantity of glazed ware, suggesting a possible date for the anchors of the 10th to 14th century AD.
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潼南大佛保护与修复研究

2010年至2012年,中国文化遗产研究院承担了大型贴金彩绘摩崖石刻造像潼南大佛的保护修复工程。本次工程不仅利用了多种分析检测及三维扫描技术,对文物的历史及病害信息进行了详细调研,还对造像妆銮和传统修复工艺进行了深入研究,总结了古代髹漆贴金工艺的装饰与保护功效,以及历代传统修复所用材料及工艺的优势。并在本次工程中将调研结果与现代科学修复理念、技术有效结合,取得了较满意的修复效果。     

明代御用监造漆器的款识及伪款辨识

庋藏于故宫博物院的明代漆器是国内收藏之最。作者利用在故宫文物库房工作的有利条件,用十几年的时间,将故宫及世界各地博物馆、私人收藏的明代官造漆器的款识,特别是对伪款的类型进行排比与研究,去伪存真,试图解决明代官造漆器中真假款并存的问题,为深入研究明代漆器的专家学者提供参考。     

流散于葡萄牙的中国明清瓷器

本文论述了中国明清两代输往葡萄牙外销瓷的史实。作者在论证中结合了西方有关的档案文献及目前存世的考古发掘与官私收藏的外销瓷实物,并重点介绍了早期存在于葡萄牙的外销瓷和纹章瓷。文章指出广彩在中外贸易和文化交流中不可估量的贡献,而澳门是整个贸易过程的最重要的环节。最后总结出外销瓷具有极高的历史和科研价值,如今存世不多的葡萄牙人在华定制的“纹章瓷”是中葡关系的历史见证。     

赤铁矿及孔雀石对桐油和大漆老化性能的影响

本文以在古代壁画中广泛使用的大漆和桐油粘合剂为分析研究对象,以赤铁矿和孔雀石为颜料,采用傅立叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）和示差扫描量热（DSC）分析方法,研究了赤铁矿和孔雀石两种颜料对大漆和桐油老化性能的影响。研究结果表明,桐油比大漆的耐老化性能好,赤铁矿和孔雀石加快了桐油老化速度,而且赤铁矿的催化老化效果更突出。赤铁矿加快了大漆的老化,但孔雀石对大漆老化的影响不明显。     

南京滨江开发区15号路六朝墓清理简报

2008年发掘的沙石岗孙吴天册元年墓距1979年发掘的城土盖村棱角山天册元年墓仅约百米,亦为平面呈双凸字形的前、后室砖室结构,出土青瓷器、铜器等精美文物20余件。此二墓墓砖上模印的花纹和铭文完全相同,证明墓主可能均与兒(倪)侯有关呈谔觳嵩昴故歉玫?区发现的第4座孙吴晚期大型砖室墓,对研究该地区高等级孙吴贵族墓葬的分布及孙吴时期丧葬礼俗等具有重要的学术价值。     

几件青铜器的科学分析和修复

为对几件出土的青铜剑、青铜器和弯形器进行保护研究,用X射线探伤、X射线衍射、金相显微镜、扫描电镜和原子吸收光谱等方法对器物的形貌、成分及制作技术进行了分析。分析结果表明青铜剑0125的剑格和茎部锈层下有合范痕迹一些铸造小缺陷;弯形器腐蚀形态为均匀性腐蚀,枝晶间腐蚀和活性腐蚀;0108表面有合金层和褶皱,合范痕迹;0101、0102断面没有任何锈蚀及金属疲劳痕迹。器物经用不同方法清洗、铝箔局部还原处理、倍半碳酸钠浸泡和BTA缓蚀处理后,在相对湿度95％的环境中一周,没有发现新的锈蚀出现,达到良好的保护效果。表明科学分析方法在物保护和修复中是非常有用的,同时还可以获得关于考古学和历史学的很多信息。     

Provenance of Qingbai wares from Shabian kiln archaeological site in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 ce) using XRF and LA-ICP-MS*

In order to discuss the exact provenance of the Qingbai wares discovered at Shabian archaeological site in Guangzhou, which had a similar appearance to Jingdezhen Qingbai ware, we analysed both the body and glaze of the Qingbai wares from the Shabian kiln site and those from other related kilns, including Hutian in Jingdezhen, Xicun in Guangzhou and Chaozhou of Guangdong, by using micro-X-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Based on the analyses, we found that both bodies and glaze of the Qingbai wares in Shabian had the characteristics of a low abundance of rare earth elements (REE), strong negative Eu anomalies, and remarkably low Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf ratios, which was consistent with those from Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. We also found that the glaze of Qingbai ware from different kilns also had its provenance characteristic in the concentration of the trace elements, and the change of the REE pattern between glaze and its corresponding bodies in Qingbai wares might provide some clue about the types and source of flux. In addition, the lower Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf ratios in both the bodies and glaze of Jingdezhen Qingbai wares were attributed to the chemical characteristics of the local granite.     

饱水平整漆膜保护方法在风篷岭汉墓出土漆器中的应用

漆器是研究古文化的实物资料,多有精美纹饰和铭文,但考古发掘出土的漆器多有饱水、糟朽和变形等病害,甚至胎体完全腐蚀,仅剩漆膜,且无法复原。在研究前人对漆膜保护的基础上,提出一种平整漆膜的保护方法,整形脱水后以棉纸为背衬、虫胶漆为粘接剂粘接漆膜,再用镶嵌磁铁的有机玻璃板夹住固定。成功保护了长沙风篷岭汉墓出土的60余件漆膜,为今后研究漆膜的保护修复方法提供参考作用。