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Table 6 The SEM-EDS analysis results of the pigments layer of Bodhisattvas (wt%)

From: Craftsmanship and materials: painted Bodhisattva sculptures in the Fengguo Temple dated to the year 1020 in Yi County, Northeast China

Sample number

Sample colour

C

O

F

Fe

Mg

Al

Si

S

Cl

K

Ca

Cu

FGS-SEM1

Green

33.30

48.69

1.29

–

4.36

0.72

4.86

0.77

0.24

0.44

2.90

2.43

FGS-SEM2

Blue

53.94

35.63

–

1.58

3.09

0.43

3.34

0.41

0.14

–

1.44

–

FGS-SEM3

Blue

32.21

47.91

–

–

1.63

0.27

1.98

0.80

5.58

–

0.98

8.64

FGS-SEM4

Green

51.61

35.78

–

0.59

1.05

1.24

3.51

1.08

1.37

0.25

0.97

2.55

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