On-site analysis of Chinese Cloisonné enamels from fifteenth to nineteenth centuries

On-site analysis of Chinese Cloisonné enamels from fifteenth to nineteenth centuries

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2010, 41, 780-790
Burcu Kyrmyzy, Philippe Colomban and Beatrice Quette

Abstract: A selection of 22 rare Chinese cloisonné enamels, from fifteenth to nineteenth century A.D., has been studied on-site in the storage rooms of musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Three types of composition as lead-potash-lime (fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century), soda-rich (sixteenth-seventeenth century) and soda-lime (seventeenth century) are identified based on the Raman signature of the glaze. Fluorite as an opacifier and Naples yellow pigment variations give characteristic Raman signatures. A comparison is made with Limoges enamels (sixteenth-nineteenth century A.D.).

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