Study on Provenance of Kraak Porcelains from "Nan’ao Ⅰ" Shipwreck
DU Jing-nan1, 2, CHEN Yue1, 2, LI Nai-sheng3, MING Chao-fang1, 2, ZHU Jian1, 2, LUO Wu-gan1, 2*
1. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China 2. Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3. Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, Beijing 100029, China
Abstract：The “Kraak Porcelain” was a kind of Blue and White Porcelain which exported from China to Europe in Ming and Qing period. The study of Kraak Porcelain is a focus issue in international field of porcelain research. In 2007, the discovery of “Nan’ao Ⅰ” Shipwreck of Ming Dynasty and the porcelains loaded in it, provided precious materials for the research on Kraak Porcelain. In this paper, we explored the provenance of 10 Kraak Porcelain samples from Nan’ao Ⅰ, using both traditional visual method and WDXRF.
Key words：Kraak Porcelain;Nan’ao Ⅰ;Provenance of Procelain;Trace Element;XRF
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