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Table 2 Results of SEM–EDS and μ-RS analyses

From: Polychrome arhat figures dated from the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) at the Lingyan Temple, Changqing, Shandong, China

Samples

No

Layers

No

Al

(Cr)

Si

K

(Na)

Ca

(Mg)

Fe

(Ti)

Pb

(Au)

As

(Ag)

S

(Cl)

Hg

(Cu)

μ-RS results

D1-1

L1 Reddish- brown

3.6

12.1

1.5

4.6 (0.9)

17.5

59.8

Hematite, red lead

L2 Priming layer

23.6

37.3

3.7

8.7

4.4

20.0

2.3

L3 Red

0.7

0.9

14.9

83.5

Cinnabar

L4 Priming layer

18.8

35.5

3.9

17.6

7.0

17.2

L5 Orange

3.8

2.6

2.5

81.6

9.5

Red lead

L6 Priming layer

33.0

42.6

3.3

3.1

14.2

3.7

L7 Yellow

4.1

5.0

22.8

44.6

23.4

Orpiment

L8 Priming layer

29.8

35.2

6.8

3.8

16.1

8.3

L9 Orange

3.6

3.8

2.4

90.3

Red lead

L10 Priming layer

18.5

32.6

3.3

18.3

5.8

21.3

L11 Red

15.4

11.5

73.1

Cinnabar

L12 Priming layer

24.2

49.5

4.0

1.8

2.5

17.9

L13 White

3.7

12.9 (3.5)

79.9

Lead white, chalk

D1–2

L1 Reddish– brown

8.4

1.6

26.4

63.6

Hematite, red lead

L2 Priming layer

39.1

49.5

1.8

2.9

6.7

D1-3

L1 Pink

25.3

45.1

4.3

8.1 (2.4)

13.5 (1.3)

Hematite, Anatase titanium white

D1–4

L1 Orange

2.9

3.2

1.0

1.2

91.7

Red lead

L2 Priming layer

22.9

25.2

2.2

2.8

46.9

Lead white,

L3 White

1.4

1.8

11.9

84.9

Lead white, chalk

L4 Priming layer

1.5

3.3

56.5

38.7

Chalk, lead white,

D1–5

L1 Blue

13.8

23.6

(1.5)

43.8

4.0

10.5

  

(2.7)

Azurite, chalk

L2 Priming layer

37.3

52.5

5.4

4.8

L3 White

0.6

0.7

98.7

Lead white

L4 Priming layer

27.1

53.3

7.4

3.0

2.7

6.5

L5 Red

6.5

6.8

3.5

9.8 (3.9)

33.8

9.1

26.7

Cinnabar, red lead

L6 Priming layer

31.1

51.6

8.6

4.5

4.2

 

L7 Green

4.1

22.4

29.1 (12.1)

(32.4)

 

L8 Priming layer

18.5

23.6

2.8

52.0

3.1

  

D1-6

L1 Red

-

-

1.7

21.3

77.0

Cinnabar

L2 Priming layer

30.7

50.3

8.4

10.6

 

L3 White

4.6

29.2 (13.6)

52.6

Chalk, magnesite,

lead white

L4 Priming layer

38.0

51.9

6.6

3.6

 

L5 White

0.8

1.3

-

97.9

-

Lead white

L6 Priming layer

27.7

59.2

8.3

1.8

3.0

-

-

 

L7 White

1.4

0.9

1.0

-

96.7

-

Lead white

L8 Priming layer

37.9

50.5

5.9

5.7

-

-

 

D1-7

L1 Gold

(89.1)

(10.9)

 

 

L3 Golden yellow

23.6

43.1

5.7

4.0

23.6

Pyrophyllite

L4 Gold

(93.1)

(6.9)

 

 

L6 Golden yellow

27.1

37.1

5.5

3.2

25.3

   

(1.8)

 

L7 Silver

(78.6)

(21.4)

  

L9 Silver

(73.6)

(23.0)

(3.4)

 

L11 Gold

(89.1)

(7.3)

 

(3.6)

 

D1-8

L1 Pink

8.5

24.0

37.1 (8.4)

19.0

-

-

3.0

Hematite, chalk

L2 Priming layer

12.8

42.0

5.5

26.7

13.0

-

-

-

 

L3 Priming layer

16.5

49.1

7.9

10.3

16.2

-

-

-

 

D1-9

L1 Gold

(97.4)

(2.6)

 

 

L3 Golden yellow

18.9

45.6

4.2

3.6

19.5

(8.2)

 

 

L4 Gold

(96.7)

(3.3)

 

 

L6 Golden yellow

28.8

38.2

5.8

5.2

22.0

 

L7 Gold

(96.6)

5.4

 

 

L13 Gold

(90.2)

9.8

 

 

D1–10

L1 Blue

19.9

34.1

2.8 (19.4)

1.1

21.1

(1.6)

Ultramarine

D1–11

L1 Black

         

Lamp black

L2 Priming layer

27.7

32.8

9.2

(0.5)

29.8

 

L3 Orange

1.9

1.5

1.4

88.4

(6.8)

Red lead

L4 Priming layer

3.3

3.6

83.4

(9.7)

Lead white

L5 Priming layer

28.1

48.3

3.9

(0.7)

19.1

 

D1–12

L1 Reddish– brown

0.5

0.4

95.4

(3.7)

Red lead

L2 Black

         

Lamp black

L3 Priming layer

10.9

23.0

16.2

(8.5)

41.4

 

D1–13

L1 Red

1.8

2.9

9.6

19.8

65.9

Cinnabar

L2 Orange

0.7

0.8

98.5

  

Red lead

L3 Red

2.9

4.0

3.6

8.2

81.3

Cinnabar

L4 White

25.6

33.7

3.2

3.0

34.5

Lead white

L5 Priming layer

18.1

35.4

5.0

(2.1)

5.8

33.6

 

L6 Priming layer

18.9

28.0

3.0

8.9

39.2

 

D1–14

L1 Yellow

(0.5)

1.4

30.3

60.4

7.4

Chrome yellow, chalk

L2 Green

1.6

5.3

3.9

48.3

26.0

(3.0)

(11.9)

Emerald green

L3 Orange

0.7

0.9

98.4

Red lead

L4 Green

2.2

2.3

 

2.6

 

74.8

9.9

(2.1)

(6.1)

Emerald green

D1–15

L1 Green

6.1

4.2

58.9

(30.8)

Emerald green

L2 Black

         

Lamp black

L3 Red

5.0

4.2

4.2

36.2

50.4

Cinnabar

L4 Priming layer

10.7

21.2

59.7

8.4

 

L5 Red

1.0

1.4

3.1

48.9

7.1

12.7

25.8

Cinnabar

D1–16

L1 Rose red

         

Rhodamine B

L2 White

2.3

4.7

20.6

(54.6)

17.8

Anatase titanium white

L4 Orange

6.1

12.6

11.9

(6.9)

59.7

2.8

Hematite

D1–17

L1 White

8.0

16.4

1.9

70.8

(2.9)

Chalk

D1–18

L1 Blue–green

  

(3.6)

4.8

  

53.3

(0.4)

(37.9)

Lavendulan

 

L2 Black

         

Lamp black

D1–19

L1 Black

         

Lamp black