Table 3 displays SEM-EDX analyses from various not abraded areas of the vessel 2022,3034.22, highlighting significant compositional variations at the joins between beads and between beads and flattened rim
From: Beyond the aesthetics of Tang and Liao dynasties artifacts in the British Museum’s collection
Spectrum | Area | N | Na | Si | S | Cl | Ca | Cu | Br | Ag | Au | Pb | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Rim | 1.1 | b.d.l. | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 93.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 99.8 |
6 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 84.8 | b.d.l. | 0.2 | 99.9 | |
7 | 9.0 | b.d.l. | 0.6 | 13.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 62.7 | b.d.l. | 0.8 | 100.0 | |
8 | 14.9 | b.d.l. | 1.3 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 10.7 | 0.2 | 53.0 | b.d.l. | 0.6 | 99.9 | |
9 | Main body | 19.9 | b.d.l. | 2.1 | 11.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 59.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 98.9 |
10 | 15.1 | b.d.l. | 7.7 | 11.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 59.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 99.8 | |
11 | 13.0 | b.d.l. | 1.4 | 14.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 63.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 99.6 | |
12 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 0.1 | b.d.l. | b.d.l. | 87.9 | b.d.l. | 0.4 | 99.4 | |
13 | 17.6 | b.d.l. | 0.4 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | b.d.l. | 58.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 99 | |
14 | 6.6 | b.d.l. | 0.6 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 72.0 | b.d.l. | 1.0 | 99.2 | |
15 | 9.5 | b.d.l. | 0.6 | 19.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 65.8 | b.d.l. | 1.4 | 98.9 | |
16 | 3.5 | b.d.l. | 0.3 | 7.7 | 5.1 | b.d.l. | b.d.l. | 0.2 | 83.1 | 0.2 | b.d.l. | 100 | |
17 | 18.2 | b.d.l. | 1.5 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 64.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 99.8 |