Beating the forger: Authenticating ceramic antiquities

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-411

  Stoneham, Doreen ^a   Stoneham, Marshall ^b  

^a Oxford Authentication Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Fakes; Forgery; Porcelain; Pottery; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955704818     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2010.495250     Document Type: Article

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