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Provenance Study through Analysis of Microstructural Characteristics Using an Optical Microscope and Scanning Electron Microscopy for Goryeo Celadon Excavated from the Seabed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

Han Min-su
Han Min-su*
Affiliation:
Conservation Science Division, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 132 Munji-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-380, Republic of Korea
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: dormer@korea.kr
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Abstract

This paper aims at identifying the provenance of Goryeo celadons by understanding its microstructural characteristics, such as particles, blisters, forms and amount of pores, and the presence of crystal formation, bodies, and glazes and its boundary, using an optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The analysis of the reproduced samples shows that the glazed layer of the sherd fired at higher temperatures has lower viscosity and therefore it encourages the blisters to be combined together and the layer to become more transparent. In addition, the result showed that the vitrification and melting process of clay minerals such as feldspars and quartzs on the bodies was accelerated for those samples. To factor such characteristics of the microstructure and apply it to the sherds, the samples could be divided into six categories based on status, such as small particles with many small pores or mainly large and small circular pores in the bodies, only a limited number of varied sized blisters in the glazes, and a few blisters and needle-shaped crystals on the boundary surface. In conclusion, the analysis of the microstructural characteristics using an optical microscope and SEM have proven to be useful as a categorizing reference factor in a provenance study on Goryeo celadons.

Keywords

Goryeo celadonmicrostructureprovenanceseabedoptical microscopeSEM
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Research Article
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 19 , Supplement S5: IUMAS , August 2013 , pp. 152 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2013 

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