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Provenance of Qingbai wares from Shabian kiln archaeological site in the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 ce ) using XRF and LA‐ICP‐MS*
Author(s) -
Wang M.,
Zhu T. Q.,
Zhang W. X.,
Mai D. A.,
Huang J. B.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12540
Subject(s) - glaze , provenance , kiln , geology , archaeology , mineralogy , fluorescence spectrometry , geochemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , materials science , ceramic , geography , fluorescence , physics , quantum mechanics
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.