On‐site analysis of Chinese <i>Cloisonné</i> enamels from fifteenth to nineteenth centuries
Burcu Kırmızı|Philippe Colomban|Béatrice Quette
Abstract A selection of 22 rare Chinese cloisonné enamels, from fifteenth century to nineteenth A.D ., has been studied on‐site in the storage rooms musée des Arts décoratifs Paris. The Raman signatures transparent and/or opacified glass matrix are discussed and compared with those that were previously recorded on glazed pottery, enameled stained glasses. Enamels mostly belong lead‐based potash‐lime Three different compositions, lead‐potash‐lime (fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth century), soda‐rich (sixteenth–seventeenth century) soda‐lime (seventeenth identified according wavenumber maxima SiO stretching bending multiplets. Most pigment similar ceramic glazes which proves link between technologies but a specific opacifier is observed: fluorite (CaF 2 ). Naples Yellow variations give characteristic signatures. Additionally, comparison made Limoges enamels (sixteenth–nineteenth A.D. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy