Table of Contents
Preface v
E-mails of the Corresponding Authors vii
Chapter 1 The Ancient Glass Road: The Cultural and Technical Exchange of Chinese Glass and Faience with Outside China before the Han Dynasty (200 B.C.) Fuxi Gan 1
Chapter 2 Glass Provenance along the Silk Road: The Use of Trace Element Analysis J. Henderson S. Chenery J. Kröger E. W. Faber 17
Chapter 3 Travels of Glass Vessels along the Maritime Silk Road Brigitte Borell 43
Chapter 4 Chemical Composition of Glass Beads Excavated from Kofun (ca. AD 2nd to 7th c.) in Western Japan by Portable XRE Showing Glass Trade among Asian Countries Izumi Nakai Junko Shirataki 73
Chapter 5 Potash Glass: A View from South and Southeast Asia Laure Dussubieux 95
Chapter 6 Archaeological and Technical Study of Western Han Dynasty Lead Barium Glass Chimes (Bian Qing) Unearthed from the Jiangdu King's Mausoleum Qinghui Li Zebin Li Donghong Gu 113
Chapter 7 Study of Byodoin Temple Glass: Discoveries in Japan of Small, Free-Blown Glass Vessels with Lids from the Byodoin Temple and Other Sites from the Heian Period (794-1192) Akiko Inoue Junko Shirataki Izumi Nakai 129
Chapter 8 Chemical Analysis of Tang Dynasty Glass Vessels Unearthed from the Underground Palace of the Famen Temple Using a Portable XRF Spectrometer Qinghui Li Jie Jiang Xinling Li Song Liu Donghong Gu Julian Henderson Junqing Dong 157
Chapter 9 Chemical and Lead Isotope Analysis of Glass Wares Found in Lijiaba Site, Yunyang County, Chongqing City Jianfeng Cui Deyun Zhao Wei Huang Yuanhong He 179
Chapter 10 Scientific Analysis of a Glass Vessel and an Eye Bead from the Zhagunluke and the Shanpula Sites from the Overland Southern Line of the Silk Road Qian Cheng Jinlong Guo Bo Wang Jianfeng Cui 193
Chapter 11 Early Byzantine Glass Supply and Consumption: The Case of Dichin, Bulgaria Thomas Smith Julian Henderson Edward W. Faber 207
Chapter 12 Glass Corrosion: Issues and Approaches for Archaeological Science Nikolaos Zacharias Eleni Palamara 233
Chapter 13 Raman Identification of Glassy Matrices in Ancient Glasses from China Hongxia Zhao Qinghui Li 249
Chapter 14 Scientific Analysis of Ancient Glass: Answering the Questions and Questioning the Answers J. W. Lankton B. Gratuze K. Tantrakarn Q. H. Li S. Liu 267
Chapter 15 Scientific Research on the Earliest Chinese Glazed Pottery Junqing Dong Fuxi Gun Xiaowei Xia Qinghui Li Song Liu DonghongGu 303
Chapter 16 A Study of the Diverse Origins and Primary Development of Chinese High Temperature Porcelain Glazes Juan Wu Maolin Zhang Junming Wu Qijiung Li Jiazhi Li Zequn Deng 319
Chapter 17 Tracing the Origin and Evolution of White Porcelain in Ancient China Weidong Li Xiaoke Lu Hongjie Luo Zhiwen Zhao Xinmin Sun 333
Chapter 18 A New Method of Identifying the Flux in Ancient Chinese High Fired Glaze - Sr Isotopic Composition Analysis Hongjiao Ma Julian Henderson Jane Evans 353
Chapter 19 Research on Glaze-Coloring Mechanism of the Light Sky-blue Series of Ancient Jan Guan Porcelains using Modern Analysis Techniques Guoxia Li H. W. Sun R. W. Li X. L. Zhang W. J. Zhao W. J. Zhao Y. Yang W. Li M. M. Cai 375
Chapter 20 Preliminary Studies Based on the Chemical Analysis of Colorful Glazed Pottery Unearthed from Tombs of Yue State at Hongshan Site Xiaowei Xia Qing Wang Qinghui Li Song Liu Donghong Gu 385
Chapter 21 Characterization of the Ancient Glaze Used in Different Types of Ceramics from the Huangye Kiln Site in Gongyi County Using OCT Technique Junqing Dong Xin Yan Qinghui Li Musen Guo Yongqing Hu 397
Chapter 22 Chemical Analysis of Ceramics Unearthed from the Huangye Kiln Site in Henan Province Using a Portable XRF Spectrometer Song Liu Yongqing Hu Musen Guo Dong Junqing Qinghui Li 423
Chapter 23 Micro structure and Composition of Ancient Chinese Octagonal Sticks from the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) Qinglin Ma Zhiguo Zhang David A. Scott Heinz Berke Detlef Günther 455
Chapter 24 Chinese Blue and Chinese Purple in Copper Tinted Lead Barium Glass Produced During Firing Experiments Ying Qin Shicai Li Xi Chen Huang Huang 489
Chapter 25 A Study of Simulation of the Production Technology of Ancient Chinese Blue and Purple Faience During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties Mo Li Julin Wang Qinglin Ma 499
Chapter 26 Production Technology of Faience Beads from Peng State Cemetery, Shanxi Province, China Zhou Gu Jian Zhu Yaoting Xie Tiqiao Xiao Changsui Wang Yimin Yang 515
Chapter 27 Scientific Analysis of Natural Glasses Fuxi Gan Hongxia Zhao Zhenqi Xu 533
Biographies 551
Index 553
