Fig. 1From: European ceramic technology in the Far East: enamels and pigments in Japanese art from the 16th to the 20th century and their reverse influence on Chinaa Analyzed shards with underglaze and overglaze decoration. Kiln sites, production date and XRF or Raman measurement areas are given (the dimensions are here reported: Shard #7: 12 × 9 cm2; #8: 16 × 13 cm2; #9 diameter: ~ 9.8 cm; #10: 9.5 × 8 cm2; #11: 7 × 5 cm2). b Fracture sections showing the glaze-body interface of the #8, #9, #10, #11 analysed shards acquired by using portable optical microscopy (50 magnification) along the fracture lines without any samplingBack to article page