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Table 2 Element Detection Results for the Glaze in the Four Pots(%wt)

From: The Qianlong Emperor's order: scientific analysis helps find French painted enamel among Palace Museum collections

  

Au

SiO2

K2O

CaO

MnO

Fe2O3

CoO

CuO

ZnO

As2O3

ZrO2

SnO2

Sb2O3

PbO

Pot A

White

0.00

57.25

1.17

1.13

0.00

0.15

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.17

0.04

20.29

0.00

19.78

Green

0.00

47.83

0.95

0.80

0.02

1.47

0.02

2.42

0.00

0.34

0.05

17.98

0.09

28.00

Blue

0.00

62.40

3.54

0.59

0.01

0.31

2.57

0.02

0.00

0.44

0.02

10.19

0.00

11.98

Purple

0.21

55.19

1.39

1.01

0.01

0.22

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.22

0.04

20.20

0.00

21.47

Pink

0.08

70.09

4.32

3.41

0.16

0.42

0.00

0.03

0.01

0.12

0.02

9.78

0.00

11.25

Yellow

0.00

50.14

0.93

0.00

0.04

1.74

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.26

0.05

20.18

0.48

24.71

Pot B

White

0.00

47.4

11.0

0.8

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.5

0.2

4.8

0.1

0.0

0.00

35.1

Pink

0.00

46.4

9.4

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

1.7

0.1

0.0

0.00

41.7

Yellow

0.00

57.8

7.3

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.1

1.6

0.00

32.3

Light Blue

0.00

60.2

13.7

2.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.7

0.1

2.9

0.0

0.0

0.00

18.6

Green

0.00

58.2

8.5

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.0

0.2

2.3

0.0

0.1

0.00

29.2

Blue

0.00

60.3

15.9

1.2

0.0

1.2

1.1

0.1

0.0

3.9

0.0

0.0

0.00

16.1

Purple

0.00

58.9

9.6

0.4

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.2

2.1

0.0

0.0

0.00

28.3

Pot C

Pink

0.00

44.0

8.5

0.4

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

1.4

0.1

0.1

0.00

45.3

White

0.00

52.1

5.5

1.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

3.3

0.1

0.0

0.00

37.4

Yellow

0.00

41.4

8.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.4

0.1

1.4

0.00

48.0

Green

0.00

62.0

5.8

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

2.6

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.6

0.00

27.8

Blue

0.00

56.2

11.8

0.9

0.0

0.8

0.6

0.1

0.2

2.1

0.1

0.0

0.00

27.0

Purple

0.00

53.5

8.9

0.7

3.1

0.7

0.3

0.1

0.1

1.9

0.1

0.0

0.00

30.6

Pot D

White

0.00

45.2

10.6

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

5.4

0.1

0.1

0.00

37.8

Pink

0.00

47.2

8.8

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

1.5

0.1

0.0

0.00

41.8

Yellow

0.00

37.2

8.7

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.3

1.1

0.1

1.5

0.00

50.6

Light Blue

0.00

58.7

13.3

2.7

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.6

0.1

3.0

0.0

0.2

0.00

20.3

Blue

0.00

54.4

17.9

1.4

0.0

1.3

1.2

0.1

0.0

4.3

0.0

0.0

0.00

19.3

Green

0.00

44.8

7.5

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.8

0.2

0.8

0.1

0.8

0.00

43.5

Purple

0.00

47.9

10.7

0.5

0.0

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.2

1.9

0.1

0.0

0.00

37.8