25935
Accession Number
16411
Title Of Article Chaper
Technical examination of two owl-shaped Tsun
Title Of Journal Book
Ars orientalis
Volume
13
Pages
59-91
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Laboratory study of two owl-shaped bronze vessels to determine materials, method of manufacture, and age. Detailed experiments on one revealed new information on Chinese casting technique and on corrosion of malachite; the other proved to be a 20th-century copy.
Keywords
Bronze, alloy; Bronze, analysis; Bronze, corrosion; Bronze, examination test; Bronze, history; Bronze, metallography; Bronze, patina; Bronze, sampling; Bronze, technology working; Sculpture, bronze examination; Laboratory, material test; Electron, microscopy transmission; Metal, radiography; Radiography, x ray; Dating, chemistry; Electron, microscopy scanning; Electron, probe; Test, hardness; Analysis, micro chemical; Microscopy, chemical; Metal, casting piece-mould; Metal, corrosion; Metal, dating; Metal, metallography; Metal, examination test; Metal, sampling ICCROM
pub_id
25935