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