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Tracing the Origin of Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Ordered for the Portuguese Market During the Ming Dynasty Using INAA
Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (2013) 3046e3057 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jas Tracing the origin of blue and white Chinese Porcelain ordered for the Portuguese market during the Ming dynasty using INAA M. Isabel Dias a,*, M. Isabel Prudêncio a, M.A. Pinto De Matos b, A. Luisa Rodrigues a a Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear/Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, EN 10 (Km 139,7), 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal b Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Rua da Madre de Deus no 4, 1900-312 Lisboa, Portugal article info abstract Article history: The existing documentary history of Chinese porcelain ordered for the Portuguese market (mainly Ming Received 21 March 2012 dynasty.) is reasonably advanced; nevertheless detailed laboratory analyses able to reveal new aspects Received in revised form like the number and/or diversity of producing centers involved in the trade with Portugal are lacking. 26 February 2013 In this work, the chemical characterization of porcelain fragments collected during recent archaeo- Accepted 3 March 2013 logical excavations from Portugal (Lisbon and Coimbra) was done for provenance issues: identification/ differentiation of Chinese porcelain kilns used. Chemical analysis was performed by instrumental Keywords: neutron activation analysis (INAA) using the Portuguese Research Reactor. Core samples were taken from Ancient Chinese porcelain for Portuguese market the ceramic body avoiding contamination form the surface layers constituents. The results obtained so INAA far point to: (1) the existence of three main chemical-based clusters; and (2) a general attribution of the Chemical composition porcelains studied to southern China kilns; (3) a few samples are specifically attributed to Jingdezhen Ming dynasty and Zhangzhou kiln sites. -
Rules and Options
Rules and Options The author has attempted to draw as much as possible from the guidelines provided in the 5th edition Players Handbooks and Dungeon Master's Guide. Statistics for weapons listed in the Dungeon Master's Guide were used to develop the damage scales used in this book. Interestingly, these scales correspond fairly well with the values listed in the d20 Modern books. Game masters should feel free to modify any of the statistics or optional rules in this book as necessary. It is important to remember that Dungeons and Dragons abstracts combat to a degree, and does so more than many other game systems, in the name of playability. For this reason, the subtle differences that exist between many firearms will often drop below what might be called a "horizon of granularity." In D&D, for example, two pistols that real world shooters could spend hours discussing, debating how a few extra ounces of weight or different barrel lengths might affect accuracy, or how different kinds of ammunition (soft-nosed, armor-piercing, etc.) might affect damage, may be, in game terms, almost identical. This is neither good nor bad; it is just the way Dungeons and Dragons handles such things. Who can use firearms? Firearms are assumed to be martial ranged weapons. Characters from worlds where firearms are common and who can use martial ranged weapons will be proficient in them. Anyone else will have to train to gain proficiency— the specifics are left to individual game masters. Optionally, the game master may also allow characters with individual weapon proficiencies to trade one proficiency for an equivalent one at the time of character creation (e.g., monks can trade shortswords for one specific martial melee weapon like a war scythe, rogues can trade hand crossbows for one kind of firearm like a Glock 17 pistol, etc.). -
The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment
Reprinted from The Production and Distribution of Roman Military Equipment Proceedings of the Second Roman Military Equipment Research Seminar edited by M. C. Bishop BAR International Series 275 1985 FIRST CENTURY MILITARY DAGGERS AND THE MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY OF WEAPONS FOR THE ROMAN ARMY Ian R. Scott In this paper I will discuss the chronology and typology of first century Roman daggers and their sheaths. I shall then attempt to draw, from that evidence and from other historical and archaeological material, answers to two questions. Firstly I want to identify where these daggers and sheaths were made, and whether the location of manufacture changed during the first century. Secondly I wish to see what evidence there is that could identify who made the daggers. Again I want to see whether this also changes during the century. There are three main problems that we must keep in mind when we consider the evidence that we shall use to answer these questions. The first problem is the fact that our sample is very small. We only have just over seventy inlaid sheaths and I have listed about sixty daggers (see Appendices 1 & 2). This is all that remains of several tens of thousands of weapons that must have been in use at any one time.^ The second problem, vrtiich relates to the first, is the small proportion of our sample that can be dated at all closely. The final problem, which may not affect the arguments in this paper but should be borne in mind, concerns the limited geographical distribution of the weapons. -
Empire of Tea
Empire of Tea Empire of Tea The Asian Leaf that Conquered the Wor ld Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Matthew Mauger reaktion books For Ceri, Bey, Chelle Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 33 Great Sutton Street London ec1v 0dx, uk www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2015 Copyright © Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, Matthew Mauger 2015 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers Printed and bound in China by 1010 Printing International Ltd A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library isbn 978 1 78023 440 3 Contents Introduction 7 one: Early European Encounters with Tea 14 two: Establishing the Taste for Tea in Britain 31 three: The Tea Trade with China 53 four: The Elevation of Tea 73 five: The Natural Philosophy of Tea 93 six: The Market for Tea in Britain 115 seven: The British Way of Tea 139 eight: Smuggling and Taxation 161 nine: The Democratization of Tea Drinking 179 ten: Tea in the Politics of Empire 202 eleven: The National Drink of Victorian Britain 221 twelve: Twentieth-century Tea 247 Epilogue: Global Tea 267 References 277 Bibliography 307 Acknowledgements 315 Photo Acknowledgements 317 Index 319 ‘A Sort of Tea from China’, c. 1700, a material survival of Britain’s encounter with tea in the late seventeenth century. e specimen was acquired by James Cuninghame, a physician and ship’s surgeon who visited Amoy (Xiamen) in 1698–9 and Chusan (Zhoushan) in 1700–1703. -
Seattle 2015
Peripheries and Boundaries SEATTLE 2015 48th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology January 6-11, 2015 Seattle, Washington CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (Our conference logo, "Peripheries and Boundaries," by Coast Salish artist lessLIE) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 01 – Symposium Abstracts Page 13 – General Sessions Page 16 – Forum/Panel Abstracts Page 24 – Paper and Poster Abstracts (All listings include room and session time information) SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACTS [SYM-01] The Multicultural Caribbean and Its Overlooked Histories Chairs: Shea Henry (Simon Fraser University), Alexis K Ohman (College of William and Mary) Discussants: Krysta Ryzewski (Wayne State University) Many recent historical archaeological investigations in the Caribbean have explored the peoples and cultures that have been largely overlooked. The historical era of the Caribbean has seen the decline and introduction of various different and opposing cultures. Because of this, the cultural landscape of the Caribbean today is one of the most diverse in the world. However, some of these cultures have been more extensively explored archaeologically than others. A few of the areas of study that have begun to receive more attention in recent years are contact era interaction, indentured labor populations, historical environment and landscape, re-excavation of colonial sites with new discoveries and interpretations, and other aspects of daily life in the colonial Caribbean. This symposium seeks to explore new areas of overlooked peoples, cultures, and activities that have -
Materials for a Rejang-Indonesian-English Dictionary
PACIFIC LING U1STICS Series D - No. 58 MATERIALS FOR A REJANG - INDONESIAN - ENGLISH DICTIONARY collected by M.A. Jaspan With a fragmentary sketch of the . Rejang language by W. Aichele, and a preface and additional annotations by P. Voorhoeve (MATERIALS IN LANGUAGES OF INDONESIA, No. 27) W.A.L. Stokhof, Series Editor Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific Studies THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Jaspan, M.A. editor. Materials for a Rejang-Indonesian-English dictionary. D-58, x + 172 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1984. DOI:10.15144/PL-D58.cover ©1984 Pacific Linguistics and/or the author(s). Online edition licensed 2015 CC BY-SA 4.0, with permission of PL. A sealang.net/CRCL initiative. PACIFIC LINGUISTICS is issued through the Linguistic Circle of Canberra and consists of four series: SERIES A - Occasional Papers SERIES B - Monographs SERIES C - Books SERIES D - Special Publications EDITOR: S.A. Wurm ASSOCIATE EDITORS: D.C. Laycock, C.L. Voorhoeve, D.T. Tryon, T.E. Dutton EDITORIAL ADVISERS: B.W. Bender K.A. McElhanon University of Hawaii University of Texas David Bradley H.P. McKaughan La Trobe University University of Hawaii A. Capell P. MUhlhiiusler University of Sydney Linacre College, Oxford Michael G. Clyne G.N. O'Grady Monash University University of Victoria, B.C. S.H. Elbert A.K. Pawley University of Hawaii University of Auckland K.J. Franklin K.L. Pike University of Michigan; Summer Institute of Linguistics Summer Institute of Linguistics W.W. Glover E.C. Polome Summer Institute of Linguistics University of Texas G.W. Grace Malcolm Ross University of Hawaii University of Papua New Guinea M.A.K. -
Newsletter Mar 06
Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum Newsletter Editors : Roxanna M. Brown Volume III Number 2 March-April 2006 Pariwat Thammapreechakorn Reporters : Chu Dau Ceramic Factory Ang Choulean, Ann Proctor, Augustine Vinh, owned by the Hanoi Trade Berenice Bellina, Bonnie Chu Dau village, about 60 Corporation and employs Baskin, Chang Kuang-Jen, kms east of Hanoi, is located several hundred workers, Chhay Visoth, David Rehfuss, Dawn Rooney, Eusebio Dizon, i n a c o un ty that is still called including traditional potters Gary Hill, Guo Li, Heidi Tan, ‘Nam Sach’ — the same who were brought from Ian Glover, Jennifer Rodrigo, name as shown in Chinese- around the province. At pre- Louise Cort, Marie-France derived Vietnamese chu nom sent the factory exports Dupoizat, Melody Rod-ari, Mohd. Sherman bin Sauffi, characters on old 15th- mainly to Spain and Japan. Pamela Gutman, Peter Burns, century maps of Vietnam and Philippe Colomban, Rasmi on the famous Vietnamese Shoocongdej, Rita Tan, Sayan bottle-vase of the Topkapi Praicharnjit, Sten Sjostrand, S a r ay i Mu seum. Besides a Timothy Rebbeck, Walter Photos show (clockwise from upper Kassela, Zheng Jin Le place name, the vase inscrip- right) Entrance to the factory sales- tion also includes a reign room. Copies of antique wares, in- date equivalent to AD 1450. cluding a finished example of the Old kiln sites were discov- vase being decorated at lower left. Museum staff : Hanoi ceramics specialist Augustine ered at Chu Dau in the late Vinh beside a vase that he auto- Burin Singtoaj 1980s. graphed on a previous visit. The The modern factory was factory’s main kiln. -
BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING and GENERAL SPORTS Tills Registered in IT
DEVOTED TO BASE BALL, TRAP SHOOTING AND GENERAL SPORTS Tills Registered in IT. S. Patent OBce. Copyright. 1914, by the Sporting Life PnblisMue Company. Vol. 54-No. 21 Philadelphia, January 29, 1910 Price 5 Cents E PLAYING RULES! Are Being Given B. Johnson With a Complete Over a View to Sub hauling by Two mission to the Experts at the In Joint Rules Com stance of Ban. mittee Next Month BY I. E. SANBORN. former guides the rules stated a bstrauni TOP entitled to first base -without being pa* oui HIOAGO, ILL., January 24. By r«- in such a case, and the omission, accidental quest of President Johnson, of the in itself, has been overlooked. Saci. imper American League, his secretary, fections are not freqxtent, but their discovery Robert McRoy and Assistant Sec is possible only by careful^ inspection, for retary A. J. Flanner are engaged which the members of the joint rules com in a thorough revision of the code mittee will not have time at the coming meat- ing. Any suggestions of radical changes will, of playing rules, primarily with a of course, be left to the committees. riew to correcting mistakes that have crept into them and avoiding apparent conflicts and AS TO "BATTERY ERRORS." misinterpretations through imperfect wording. One of minor importance which probably Incidentally changes not of a radical nature will be suggested by the American League, will be suggested, and their work will be put however, affects the scoring rules in that wild pitches and passed balls should ba in definite form to be presented to the credited as errors in all cases. -
EX090811 Sale
For Sale by Auction to be held at St Edmund’s Court, Okehampton Street, Exeter 01392 413100 TUESDAY 9th August 2011 Watches and Jewellery Silver Ceramics and Glass Works of Art and Collectables Pictures yeer and Furniture SALE REFERENCE EX30 Sale Commences at 10.00am Catalogues £1.50 On View: Order of Sale: Saturday 6th August Watches and Jewellery Lots 1-188 Silver Lots 250-455 9.00am to 12 noon Monday 8th August Ceramics and Glass Lots 456-570 9:00.am to 7.00pm Works of Art Lots 571-680 & Morning of Sale Pictures Lot 681-708 Furniture Lots 716-810 Tuesday 9th August 2011 Sale commences at 10am WATCHES AND JEWELLERY 1. Rotary. A lady's 9ct gold wristwatch, a 1/10th Krugerand pendant on chain, a circular locket on chain, a curb-link bracelet, a gem-set pendant on chain, a diamond mounted three-stone ring, a diamond mounted two-stone crossover ring, various jewellery and costume jewellery. £440-480 2. A cultured pearl single-string necklace, a cultured pearl two-string necklace, an oval shell cameo brooch, two gold necklaces, two wristwatches and a small group of brooches and earrings. £140-180 3. A cultured pearl single-string necklace, a coral fragment necklace, a coral bead necklace, a lady's stainless steel 'Movado' wristwatch, a large unmounted smoky quartz, 40mm wide and a quantity of silver and costume jewellery contained in a purple leather jewellery case and green and tan 'Antler' vanity case. 4. A Ruskin pottery panel mounted round brooch, two cigarette holders and a quantity of various costume jewellery. -
New Series. Norwalk, Conn
AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM—IN ADVANCE. JSSJRFSD EVERY TUESDA^ MORNING, BY A. HOMER BYINGTON, itt 1800. |1oIitus, ^gritnltatt, Mttbanits, ftt fUts, titration;, &. &.- % J»% Btfes^cr.—gcbdcij to f«al S*te f* Iittesfs> ©mtal gsfeJIijorct, fitainrc, VOLUME XXXVI.—NUMBER 28. -^= NORWALK, CONN DAY, JULY 12, 1853. fairest expectations with a suicidal rash XUMBEB S89---NEW SERIES. Iter—and, giving "her birth, her mother while he was employed with his studies hiding her face in tns lap, while the curls ness. O, God! why was I so reckless ?" had died, "if she left bim, he would be W. E. 2 P B o& & 4'a & c feigning a siesta, but in reality watching of her shining hair swept the floor. "O, The idea of meeting with Lelia seemed a lone, childless old mail, fc>r llkely he OULD invite the alention of this and As clsitscture. and loving him. Slle was jealous of Herman, my husband, do not leave me, infinitely worse than death. In his the neighboring coiBiiunity to his vast FriemtdsM??. should' never see her again. Bes.,,les'lie A. H. SYHTS-TOS, Editor & Proprietor. W his slightest attentions to others, and she dear Herman! do not go again to that dreams he nightly beheld her, but she stock of goods.\t 6 which artlitions are weekly [We copy below, from Barry's "Hor- IIow oft the burdened heart would sink had required this pledge before marriage, being made.) comprising araill and general as Office West Side the .Bridge in Leonard s ticulturis," a very valuable essay on a In fathomless despair, delighted in lavishing costly gifts upon cold country. -
AMERICAN Ceramic Circle
AMERICAN Ceramic Circle SPRING NEWSLETTER 2016 The American Ceramic Circle (ACC) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit educational organization committed to the study and appreciation of ceramics. Its purpose is to promote scholarship and research in the history, use, and preservation of ceramics of all kinds, periods, and origins. The current active membership of approximately five hundred is composed of museum professionals, collectors, institutions, and a limited number of dealers in ceramics. Member interest is focused on post-Medieval pottery and porcelain of Europe, Asian ceramics of all periods, and ceramics made, used, or owned in North America. The ACC is chartered in the State of Maine as a 501 (c) 3 Corporation and is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Thank you for all your contributions to this edition of the Newsletter. A special thanks to Beth Wees who provided additional editorial assistance. Please continue to send any news you would like to share with the ACC membership to David Conradsen, [email protected] and Adrienne Spinozzi, [email protected] AMERICAN Ceramic Circle SPRING NEWSLETTER 2016 2016 OFFICERS Donna Corbin Chairman Anne Forschler-Tarrasch CONTENTS President Adrienne Spinozzi LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 Vice President Margaret Zimmermann 2016 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 5 Secretary M. L. Coolidge GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 6 Treasurer Suzanne Findlen Hood BOOK AWARD 7 Administrator Anne Forschler-Tarrasch CERAMIC NOTES AND RESEARCH 8 Symposium Chair Elizabeth Williams EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATION S 12 Grants Chair Dorothy Cobb CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, AND LECTURES 20 Development Chair Barbara Veith ANNOUNCEMENTS 23 Events Chair Vanessa Sigalas NEW ACQUISITIONS 28 Journal Editor David Conradsen, Adrienne Spinozzi UPCOMING AUCTIONS AND FAIRS 35 Newsletter Editors Amy Dehan ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES 36 Book Award Chair Angelika Kuettner NEW MEMBERS AND 2015 CONTRIBUTORS 37 Website Coordinator Barbara McRitchie Archivist John Austin, Alice Cooney Cover Image: Detail, Pair of Covered Jars, ca. -
Chemical Composition and Provenance of Chinese Porcelain Shards 0$5
-RXUQDORI$UFKDHRORJLFDO6FLHQFH5HSRUWV ² Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jasrep Chemical composition and provenance of Chinese porcelain shards 0$5. recovered from Old Goa, west coast of India Sila Tripati⁎, G. Parthiban, J.N. Pattan, Andrew Menezes CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004, Goa, India ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: During recent archaeological explorations at Old Goa, west coast of India, twenty three Chinese porcelain shards Chinese porcelain of the Ming (Middle to late 16th century), Qing (17th century) and late Qing period (late 17th century) have Jingdezhen kiln been recovered. In order to understand the nature and source of raw material and kilns, these shards were Maritime trade analysed for major elements with X-ray fluorescence (XRF), trace and rare earth elements by Inductively Ming and Qing period Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). The analysis suggests that porcelain shards are siliceous in nature Old Goa (SiO ~ 70%) and contain high Al O (21.6%), Rb (388 ppm) and Ba (160 ppm) but have low Sr (48 ppm). This South China 2 2 3 ICP-MS and XRF analysis composition suggests that the raw materials used for producing porcelain were silica, kaolinite and sericite which are characteristics of porcelains manufactured in Southern China. Comparatively, high Al2O3 (kaolinite) content in porcelains of the Qing Dynasty suggest improvement of quality, particularly mechanical strength, of Jingdezhen porcelain. In general, major element composition, trace metals, total rare earth elements (∑REE- 67 ppm) and their chondrite - normalized pattern of the Ming, Qing and late Qing period are nearly similar and appear to be made of identical raw materials.