Identification of PbO (BaO) faience from an early and middle Warring States period cemetery at Zhaitouhe, northern Shaanxi, China

Bibliographic Data

ID8353166
AuthorsY Wang (0000-0002-4822-6514, Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science and Technology University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China), Yong-Ding Wang (0009-0006-6692-7812, University of Science and Technology Beijing), Hongjiao Ma (0000-0001-9869-7464, University of Science and Technology Beijing, corresponding author), Kaixuan Chen (0000-0001-8174-6549, University of Science and Technology Beijing), X Huang (0000-0003-0449-5699, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology Xi’an 710043 China), Jianfeng Cui (0000-0002-6067-4416, Peking University), Zhongchang Sun (0000-0003-3219-0542, Institute of Archaeology), Qinglin Ma (0009-0004-8628-678X, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume61
Issue1
Pages43-54
Publication date2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/arcm.12401
OpenAlexW2806974680
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited16

Low‐temperature vitreous materials fluxed with lead (and barium) appeared in the early Warring States period ( c .fifth century bce ) in ancient China. A range of lead vitreous products fluxed with the same agent, including faience/glass beads, glazed pottery and Chinese blue (purple) pigment, were developed subsequently. This study carries out scientific analysis of six vitreous beads unearthed from the Zhaitouhe cemetery site in northern Shaanxi dating to the early and middle Warring States period to investigate their chemical composition, microstructure and coloration. The lead (and barium) vitreous beads identified here are some of the earliest lead vitreous materials discovered in China so far, and therefore important for the study of the development of lead vitreous technologies in ancient China. This paper also points out that it is meaningful to evaluate the lead glass, glazed pottery and barium copper silicate pigments as a whole technological assemblage given their close relationships

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Barium · China · Geography · Late period · Metallurgy · Period (music) · Pottery · Building materials and conservation · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Materials Science · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies