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A STUDY OF CHINESE PORCELAIN RAW MATERIALS FOR DING, XING, GONGXIAN AND DEHUA WARES *
Author(s) -
YAP C. T.,
HUA YOUNAN
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1475-4754.1994.tb01065.x
Subject(s) - raw material , traditional medicine , metallurgy , art , materials science , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry
The raw material used largely determines the type and quality of porcelain produced. Twenty‐three raw materials used for making Ding, Xing, Gongxian and Dehua porcelain bodies were studied using principal component analysis. Results show that for Dehua wares, only one raw material was used. For Ding wares, although there were many possible raw materials, the use of one alone is unlikely. Lingshan clay was the main raw material but it has to be mixed with other raw materials: Pinjiawa clay, quartz, feldspar and dolomite. The Xing pieces can be divided into three groups and Gongxian wares into two groups, which are discussed in detail.