Philippe Colomban
Biographic Data
| ID | 114714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippe Colomban |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippe |
| FAMILY NAME | Colomban |
| SIGNATURE | COLOMBAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6099-5423 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Non-Invasive Identification of Blue-And-White Porcelain: Comparison of Vietnamese, Yunnan and Jingdezhen Wares Using Reasoned Visualization and PCA
The XRF, Raman, and fluorescence signatures of approximately fifteen blue-and-white and white porcelain sherds are compared. The assemblage comprises fourteenth- to sixteenth-century porcelain sherds, including Yuan and Ming wares from the Jingdezhen kiln sites, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century wares from the Yuxi and Jianshui kiln sites in Yunnan (China), and Vietnamese sherds comparable to ceramics recovered from the Cu Lao Cham (Hoi An) shipwre…
Coloring of Spun Glass Figurines Attributed to Nevers—A Huge Variety of Composition Imposed by the Preparation Process
For the first time, twenty spun polychrome glass figurines (considered as tangible cultural heritage objects) stylistically assigned to workshops of the city of Nevers from the 17th to 19th centuries have been analyzed at the Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts of Nevers using non-invasive XRF and Raman spectroscopy. The results are compared with those previously obtained for figurines assigned to the Perrot’s Orléans workshop. A wide variety o…
Blue by Fire: A Marker of the Technical History of Glass and Ceramics
The Quaker Influence on the Development of Industries Related to Ceramic Production
Kami Fumi-e: Japanese Paper Images to Be Trampled on—A Mystery Resolved
There has been long-standing debate as to whether Kami Fumi-e (paper images to be trampled on) had actually been used in image trampling sessions as part of the 250-year persecution of Christianity enforced by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Sacred images of Christianity officially recorded to have been trampled on are housed in the permanent collection of the Tokyo National Museum and are almost uniquely made of metal alloy. The controversy regarding pa…
Likely Technology Making the Ancient Cham Bricks Lightweight, Carvable, and Durable for Constructing Big Engraved Towers Lasting Thousands of Years: A Case Study of the Po Nagar Towers, Nhatrang, Viet…
The Po Nagar Towers (Thap Ba) complex, an iconic heritage site of Cham culture and a nationally recognized special relic, has stood in Nhatrang, Vietnam, for over a thousand years. We report here a preliminary analysis of original ancient Cham bricks from the Po Nagar Towers using a combination of appropriate characterization techniques, including X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman micro-spectroscopy, thermal dilatometry, co…
Glass Finds from the Elite House of Roue, a Sasanian City Building in Western Iran: Composition and Classification Using XRF and Raman Spectroscopy
The Silk Road connected the east of Iran to the western world. Roue city is close to the Road. Six glass samples from Roue were classified on the basis of morphology, archaeological context and compositions. The samples were analysed by means of XRF and Raman spectroscopy and two specific groups, namely Roue type 1 and Roue type 2, with close composition to high alumina plant-ash glass in circulation from the 6th to 10th centuries CE in Mesopotam…
European Smalt in 17th-Century Japan: Porcelain Decoration and Sacred Art
Japanese art tradition, contrary to the case of China, is characterized by an efficient and continued, although mostly undocumented, use of smalt from the late 16th century onward. Recent studies have successfully identified this pigment, the cobalt-colored glass that spread throughout the Old Continent during the Renaissance period, as the coloring agent employed for overglaze-blue enameling on Japanese porcelains produced at the kilns of Arita …
Non-Invasive Mobile Raman and pXRF Analysis of Armorial Porcelain with the Coat of Arms of Louis XV and Others Enamelled in Canton: Analytical Criteria for Authentication
Nine glazed porcelain artifacts bearing the coat of arms of France, from King Louis XV tableware orders, were analysed at the laboratory or in their conservation secure room. Based on the experience acquired in the study of 18th century European and Chinese porcelain using mobile XRF (pXRF) and Raman microspectroscopy, a comparison of the impurities in the paste (Y, Rb, and Sr), the elements associated with cobalt in the blue overglaze (Bi, Mn, Z…
Tracer l’utilisation de recettes et/ou d’ingrédients européens dans les objets émaillés: Stratégie et premiers résultats
Différentes recettes d’émaillage peuvent donner un même résultat visuel. Identifier les agents colorants et la matrice silicatée des émaux est nécessaire pour comparer les techniques de production des porcelaines et objets métalliques, émaillés, produits spécifiquement pour l’Empereur et sa cour. L’analyse doit être non-invasive et conduite dans les lieux de conservation des objets. Notre expérience de vingt ans d’étude non-invasive des verres, c…
PXRF Data Evaluation Methodology for On-Site Analysis of Precious Artifacts: Cobalt Used in the Blue Decoration of Qing Dynasty Overglazed Porcelain Enameled at Customs District (Guangzhou), Jingdezhe…
In a noninvasive determination, Raman and XRF analyses showed the possibility of identifying specific phases and elements characteristic of the use of recipes and ingredients imported from Europe, according to the information documented in Chinese and European archives. Two sets of objects, supposed to have been produced during the Qing Dynasty (1662–1912) at the Forbidden City (‘imperial bowls’ of the Baur Foundation, Geneva) and in the customs …
Non-Invasive Raman Analysis of 18th Century Chinese Export/Armorial Overglazed Porcelain: Identification of the Different Enameling Techniques
Six rare porcelains of the Qing Dynasty, in particular, dishes ordered respectively for Philibert Orry, the Duke of Penthièvre and a tureen from the service of Louis XV, with royal coat-of-arms, were analyzed non-invasively by Raman microspectrometry. A coffee pot with a rare decoration attributed to Cornelius Pronk was also analyzed as well as two plates, one decorated with an Imari-style pattern and the second post-decorated in the Low-Countrie…
On-Site Identification of Pottery with pXRF: An Example of European and Chinese Red Stonewares
The invention of European hard porcelain, which aims at imitating kaolin-containing white paste of Chinese porcelain, had been started by the development of the technology of “red porcelain”, so-called “Jaspisporzellan” by Johann Friedrich Böttger in the early-eighteenth century at Meissen (Saxony). The visual features of the earlier Böttger red stoneware were rather similar to the one produced in Yixing, China. The prominence of Böttger producti…
On-Site Raman Spectroscopic Study of Beads from the Necropolis of Vohemar, Northern Madagascar (>13th C.)
In the late 19th century, ancient tombs were discovered near the village of Vohemar at the northeastern point of Madagascar, and subsequent excavations during the French period (1896–1945) revealed the presence of a major necropolis active from ~13th to 18th centuries. Some artefacts (Chinese ceramic shards and glass trade beads) recovered from these excavations was sent to France and now in part belong to the collection of the Musée d’Histoire N…
Investigation of the Pigments and Glassy Matrix of Painted Enamelled Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelains by Noninvasive On-Site Raman Microspectrometry
A selection of 15 Chinese painted enameled porcelains from the 18th century (Qing dynasty) was analyzed on-site by mobile Raman and XRF microspectroscopy. The highly prized artifacts are present in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris and Musée Chinois at Fontainebleau Castle in France. In the painted enamels, pigments such as Naples yellow lead pyrochlore, hematite, manganese oxide and carbon and opacifiers such as lead arsenates were…
Portable X-ray Fluorescence (p-XRF) Uncertainty Estimation for Glazed Ceramic Analysis: Case of Iznik Tiles
The aim of this study is to estimate the uncertainty of a portable X-ray fluorescence (p-XRF) instrument for the (semi-quantitative) analyses of tiles with underglaze decoration. Before starting the campaign of on-site measurements, the optimum acquisition time and the most accurate calibration mode were selected. For this purpose, the elemental composition of two glass standards of NIST (SRM610 and SRM612) and a Corning A standard were measured …
Post-15th century European glass beads in southern Africa: Composition and classification using pXRF and Raman spectroscopy
An on-site Raman and pXRF study of Joseph Coteau and Philippe Parpette’s jewelled porcelain: A summit of ceramic art
Pigments and glassy matrix of the 17th-18th century enamelled French watches: A non-invasive on-site Raman and pXRF study
Identification of Lithol Red Synthetic Organic Pigment Reveals the Cause of Paint Layer Degradation on the Lazar Vozarević Painting “Untitled” with Copper Plates
Out of a total of 56 paintings in the collection of the Lazar Vozarević Gallery in Sremska Mitrovica, only one Lazar Vozarević painting from 1961, titled “Untitled”, has been subject to atypical degradation that has resulted in damage of completely atypical appearance. Such a problem had never before been noticed in Yugoslavian paintings of the 20th century. Discolored areas were found in various locations on the paint layer of the painting “Unti…
Glass Beads, Markers of Ancient Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodology, State of the Art and Perspectives
Glass beads have been produced and traded for millennia all over the world for use as everyday items of adornment, ceremonial costumes or objects of barter. The preservation of glass beads is good and large hoards have been found in archaeological sites across the world. The variety of shape, size and colour as well as the composition and production technologies of glass beads led to the motivation to use them as markers of exchange pathways cove…
The Chronology of Insiza Cluster Khami‐Phase Sites in South‐Western Zimbabwe: Compositional Insights from pXRF and Raman Analysis of Excavated Exotic Glass Finds
Fourteen glass beads and one glass fragment from Khami‐period ( ad 1400–1830) sites of Danamombe, Naletale, Gomoremhiko, Nharire and Zinjanja, in Zimbabwe, were analysed by pXRF and Raman spectroscopy with the intention of correlating the results with associated radiocarbon dates. The results show that Zinjanja and an earlier part of the Danamombe stratigraphic context had Khami Indo‐Pacific beads (15th–17th centuries) corresponding with Torwa oc…
Raman and XRF classification of Asian and European glass beads recovered at Mutamba, a southern African Middle Iron Age site
Revisiting Baranda: A multi-analytical approach in classifying sixteenth/seventeenth-century glass beads from northern Zimbabwe
Beads excavated from Antsiraka Boira necropolis (Mayotte Island, 12th-13th centuries): Colouring agents and glass matrix composition comparison with contemporary Southern Africa sites
About hundred out of three hundred colored beads excavated from the necropolis of Antsiraka Boira (AB), in Mayotte Island (12-13th c.) were classified according to Wood’s morphological criteria and studied with a portable Raman spectrometer (532nm). Based on the recorded spectra, 22 beads were identified as representative and further analyzed in the laboratory with High-Resolution Raman spectrometers, using wavelengths of 458, 633 and 785nm. Addi…
A non-invasive study of Roman Age mosaic glass tesserae by means of Raman spectroscopy
A Raman spectroscopic study of glass trade beads excavated at Mapungubwe hill and K2, two archaeological sites in southern Africa, raises questions about the last occupation date of the hill
In search of the optimum Raman/IR signatures of potential ingredients used in San/Bushman rock art paint
Towards refining the classification of glass trade beads imported into Southern Africa from the 8th to the 16th century AD
Revisiting Baranda: A multi-analytical approach in classifying sixteenth/seventeenth-century glass beads from northern Zimbabwe
On-Site Raman Spectroscopic Study of Beads from the Necropolis of Vohemar, Northern Madagascar (>13th C.)
In the late 19th century, ancient tombs were discovered near the village of Vohemar at the northeastern point of Madagascar, and subsequent excavations during the French period (1896–1945) revealed the presence of a major necropolis active from ~13th to 18th centuries. Some artefacts (Chinese ceramic shards and glass trade beads) recovered from these excavations was sent to France and now in part belong to the collection of the Musée d’Histoire N…
Post-15th century European glass beads in southern Africa: Composition and classification using pXRF and Raman spectroscopy
Glass Beads, Markers of Ancient Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodology, State of the Art and Perspectives
Glass beads have been produced and traded for millennia all over the world for use as everyday items of adornment, ceremonial costumes or objects of barter. The preservation of glass beads is good and large hoards have been found in archaeological sites across the world. The variety of shape, size and colour as well as the composition and production technologies of glass beads led to the motivation to use them as markers of exchange pathways cove…
Raman and XRF classification of Asian and European glass beads recovered at Mutamba, a southern African Middle Iron Age site
Dorures des céramiques et tesselles anciennes: Technologies et accrochage
Les technologies de dorures des céramiques et verres et leurs évolutions historiques sont très mal documentées. Des échantillons d'époques et de technologies différentes (tesselles d'époque omeyyade, début VIIIe s., Qusayr 'Amra, Jordanie ; porcelaine de type « Kinran-de », épave de Cu Lao Cham, XVe s. Vietnam ; porcelaine phosphatique de Rockingham, début XIXe s., Angleterre) ont été analysés par PIXE et RBS sur l'accélérateur AGLAE et par micro…
Sa Huynh and Cham potteries: Microstructure and likely processing
The Chronology of Insiza Cluster Khami‐Phase Sites in South‐Western Zimbabwe: Compositional Insights from pXRF and Raman Analysis of Excavated Exotic Glass Finds
Fourteen glass beads and one glass fragment from Khami‐period ( ad 1400–1830) sites of Danamombe, Naletale, Gomoremhiko, Nharire and Zinjanja, in Zimbabwe, were analysed by pXRF and Raman spectroscopy with the intention of correlating the results with associated radiocarbon dates. The results show that Zinjanja and an earlier part of the Danamombe stratigraphic context had Khami Indo‐Pacific beads (15th–17th centuries) corresponding with Torwa oc…
Beads excavated from Antsiraka Boira necropolis (Mayotte Island, 12th-13th centuries): Colouring agents and glass matrix composition comparison with contemporary Southern Africa sites
About hundred out of three hundred colored beads excavated from the necropolis of Antsiraka Boira (AB), in Mayotte Island (12-13th c.) were classified according to Wood’s morphological criteria and studied with a portable Raman spectrometer (532nm). Based on the recorded spectra, 22 beads were identified as representative and further analyzed in the laboratory with High-Resolution Raman spectrometers, using wavelengths of 458, 633 and 785nm. Addi…
Colouring Agents in the Pottery Glazes of Western A natolia: New Evidence for the Use of N aples Yellow Pigment Variations During The Late B yzantine Period
A group of the late 12th–13th century B yzantine pottery glazes, mostly related to Zeuxippus Ware Type pottery from the K uşadası K adıkalesi/Anaia site in western A natolia, was characterized non‐destructively using R aman spectrometry. SEM – EDX was also used complementarily for the glaze characterization. The nature and composition of the glazes, firing conditions, aspects of colour formation and pigments used were discussed. The glazes were f…
Microstructure, composition and processing of 15th century Vietnamese porcelains and celadons
Non-Invasive Raman Analysis of 18th Century Chinese Export/Armorial Overglazed Porcelain: Identification of the Different Enameling Techniques
Six rare porcelains of the Qing Dynasty, in particular, dishes ordered respectively for Philibert Orry, the Duke of Penthièvre and a tureen from the service of Louis XV, with royal coat-of-arms, were analyzed non-invasively by Raman microspectrometry. A coffee pot with a rare decoration attributed to Cornelius Pronk was also analyzed as well as two plates, one decorated with an Imari-style pattern and the second post-decorated in the Low-Countrie…
Portable X-ray Fluorescence (p-XRF) Uncertainty Estimation for Glazed Ceramic Analysis: Case of Iznik Tiles
The aim of this study is to estimate the uncertainty of a portable X-ray fluorescence (p-XRF) instrument for the (semi-quantitative) analyses of tiles with underglaze decoration. Before starting the campaign of on-site measurements, the optimum acquisition time and the most accurate calibration mode were selected. For this purpose, the elemental composition of two glass standards of NIST (SRM610 and SRM612) and a Corning A standard were measured …
An on-site Raman and pXRF study of Joseph Coteau and Philippe Parpette’s jewelled porcelain: A summit of ceramic art
On-site Raman identification and dating of ancient/modern stained glasses at the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
Vietnamese (15th Century) Blue‐And‐White, Tam Thai and Lustre Porcelains/Stonewares: Glaze Composition and Decoration Techniques
EDS, X‐ray fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, thermal expansion–shrinkage measurement and scanning electron microscopy were applied to determine the elemental components, structural phases and glazing temperatures of the transparent glazes, blue underglaze and overglaze tam thai (including gold‐like lustre) decorations from the 15th‐century Vietnamese porcelains/stonewares found at the Chu Ðâu–My Xa kiln site and in the Cù Lao Chàm (Hôi An) cargo.…
The origin of syngenite in black crusts on the limestone monument King's Gate (Belgrade Fortress, Serbia) - the role of agriculture fertiliser
Microstructure, composition and processing of 15th century Vietnamese porcelains and celadons
Sa Huynh and Cham potteries: Microstructure and likely processing
Sa Huynh and Cham potteries: Microstructure and likely processing
Vietnamese (15th Century) Blue‐And‐White, Tam Thai and Lustre Porcelains/Stonewares: Glaze Composition and Decoration Techniques
EDS, X‐ray fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, thermal expansion–shrinkage measurement and scanning electron microscopy were applied to determine the elemental components, structural phases and glazing temperatures of the transparent glazes, blue underglaze and overglaze tam thai (including gold‐like lustre) decorations from the 15th‐century Vietnamese porcelains/stonewares found at the Chu Ðâu–My Xa kiln site and in the Cù Lao Chàm (Hôi An) cargo.…
Dorures des céramiques et tesselles anciennes: Technologies et accrochage
Les technologies de dorures des céramiques et verres et leurs évolutions historiques sont très mal documentées. Des échantillons d'époques et de technologies différentes (tesselles d'époque omeyyade, début VIIIe s., Qusayr 'Amra, Jordanie ; porcelaine de type « Kinran-de », épave de Cu Lao Cham, XVe s. Vietnam ; porcelaine phosphatique de Rockingham, début XIXe s., Angleterre) ont été analysés par PIXE et RBS sur l'accélérateur AGLAE et par micro…
On-site Raman identification and dating of ancient/modern stained glasses at the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
Raman identification of natural red to yellow pigments: Ochre and iron‐containing ores
Red and yellow natural (roasted) pigments have been used for millennia. This paper reports on the Raman characterization of about 50 pigments of the Ôkhra ‘Mathériauthèque’ collection from different origins: violet, red, orange, apricot, yellow ochre, Umbrian and Siena earths from France (Puisaye, Ardennes, Vaucluse), Italy (Siena, Sardinia, Venice, etc.), Germany, Sweden, Cyprus and India (Madras). Comparison is made with ‘Bengara’ Japanese pigm…
On-site Raman identification and dating of ancient glasses: A review of procedures and tools
A non-invasive study of Roman Age mosaic glass tesserae by means of Raman spectroscopy
A Raman spectroscopic study of glass trade beads excavated at Mapungubwe hill and K2, two archaeological sites in southern Africa, raises questions about the last occupation date of the hill
The origin of syngenite in black crusts on the limestone monument King's Gate (Belgrade Fortress, Serbia) - the role of agriculture fertiliser
In search of the optimum Raman/IR signatures of potential ingredients used in San/Bushman rock art paint
Analyses non destructives par spectroscopies infrarouge et Raman: Du laboratoire au site
Les progrès instrumentaux rendent disponibles de plus en plus d’appareillages analytiques dans des versions portables miniaturisées qui permettent des mesures hors des laboratoires. Cet article présente un état des lieux pour les spectroscopies Raman et infrarouge, techniques pouvant réaliser des analyses pas ou peu invasives, compatibles avec la sauvegarde des objets et matériaux du patrimoine. Les potentialités et limites de ces approches analy…
Colouring Agents in the Pottery Glazes of Western A natolia: New Evidence for the Use of N aples Yellow Pigment Variations During The Late B yzantine Period
A group of the late 12th–13th century B yzantine pottery glazes, mostly related to Zeuxippus Ware Type pottery from the K uşadası K adıkalesi/Anaia site in western A natolia, was characterized non‐destructively using R aman spectrometry. SEM – EDX was also used complementarily for the glaze characterization. The nature and composition of the glazes, firing conditions, aspects of colour formation and pigments used were discussed. The glazes were f…
Toward a fast non-destructive identification of pottery: The sourcing of 14th-16th century Vietnamese and Chinese ceramic shards
Beads excavated from Antsiraka Boira necropolis (Mayotte Island, 12th-13th centuries): Colouring agents and glass matrix composition comparison with contemporary Southern Africa sites
About hundred out of three hundred colored beads excavated from the necropolis of Antsiraka Boira (AB), in Mayotte Island (12-13th c.) were classified according to Wood’s morphological criteria and studied with a portable Raman spectrometer (532nm). Based on the recorded spectra, 22 beads were identified as representative and further analyzed in the laboratory with High-Resolution Raman spectrometers, using wavelengths of 458, 633 and 785nm. Addi…
Towards refining the classification of glass trade beads imported into Southern Africa from the 8th to the 16th century AD
Raman and XRF classification of Asian and European glass beads recovered at Mutamba, a southern African Middle Iron Age site
Revisiting Baranda: A multi-analytical approach in classifying sixteenth/seventeenth-century glass beads from northern Zimbabwe
Identification of Lithol Red Synthetic Organic Pigment Reveals the Cause of Paint Layer Degradation on the Lazar Vozarević Painting “Untitled” with Copper Plates
Out of a total of 56 paintings in the collection of the Lazar Vozarević Gallery in Sremska Mitrovica, only one Lazar Vozarević painting from 1961, titled “Untitled”, has been subject to atypical degradation that has resulted in damage of completely atypical appearance. Such a problem had never before been noticed in Yugoslavian paintings of the 20th century. Discolored areas were found in various locations on the paint layer of the painting “Unti…
Glass Beads, Markers of Ancient Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodology, State of the Art and Perspectives
Glass beads have been produced and traded for millennia all over the world for use as everyday items of adornment, ceremonial costumes or objects of barter. The preservation of glass beads is good and large hoards have been found in archaeological sites across the world. The variety of shape, size and colour as well as the composition and production technologies of glass beads led to the motivation to use them as markers of exchange pathways cove…
The Chronology of Insiza Cluster Khami‐Phase Sites in South‐Western Zimbabwe: Compositional Insights from pXRF and Raman Analysis of Excavated Exotic Glass Finds
Fourteen glass beads and one glass fragment from Khami‐period ( ad 1400–1830) sites of Danamombe, Naletale, Gomoremhiko, Nharire and Zinjanja, in Zimbabwe, were analysed by pXRF and Raman spectroscopy with the intention of correlating the results with associated radiocarbon dates. The results show that Zinjanja and an earlier part of the Danamombe stratigraphic context had Khami Indo‐Pacific beads (15th–17th centuries) corresponding with Torwa oc…
Investigation of the Pigments and Glassy Matrix of Painted Enamelled Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelains by Noninvasive On-Site Raman Microspectrometry
A selection of 15 Chinese painted enameled porcelains from the 18th century (Qing dynasty) was analyzed on-site by mobile Raman and XRF microspectroscopy. The highly prized artifacts are present in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris and Musée Chinois at Fontainebleau Castle in France. In the painted enamels, pigments such as Naples yellow lead pyrochlore, hematite, manganese oxide and carbon and opacifiers such as lead arsenates were…
Portable X-ray Fluorescence (p-XRF) Uncertainty Estimation for Glazed Ceramic Analysis: Case of Iznik Tiles
The aim of this study is to estimate the uncertainty of a portable X-ray fluorescence (p-XRF) instrument for the (semi-quantitative) analyses of tiles with underglaze decoration. Before starting the campaign of on-site measurements, the optimum acquisition time and the most accurate calibration mode were selected. For this purpose, the elemental composition of two glass standards of NIST (SRM610 and SRM612) and a Corning A standard were measured …
Post-15th century European glass beads in southern Africa: Composition and classification using pXRF and Raman spectroscopy
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