Analytical characterization of lacquer objects excavated from a Chu tomb in China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2667-2674

  Wei, Shuya ^a   Pintus, Valentina ^a,b   Pitthard, Václav ^c   Schreiner, Manfred ^a,b   Song, Guoding ^d  

^a Institute of Natural Sciences and Technology in Arts   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lacquer; Linseed oil; Py GC MS; TMAH; Tung oil; Urushi

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PIGMENT; PYROLYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 80051793418     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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