Abstract
A comprehensive study of antique red glazed ceramics of the Pontic and two main groups of the Eastern sigillata (B, C) has been performed for the first time using scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis, X-ray diffraction phase analysis, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and X-ray tomography. The presence of a thin layer (engobe) deposited on a ceramic base, which is apparently the basis for the formation of red lacquer, is found in some samples. The main differences between the lacquer layers and the clay base are revealed. Signs of the introduction of iron-containing pigments (aimed, presumably, at enhancing the color of finished products), as well as potassium carbonate and soda, into the lacquer layer are found. The clay base of the studied samples is characterized by an increased content of uniformly distributed calcium and potassium-containing inclusions and the presence of quartz sand particles.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This study was performed using equipment of the Center of Collective Use “Structural Diagnostics” under support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
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This study was supported partially by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project ofi-m no. 17-29-04201, in the part concerning the complex study of ceramic artifacts by the SEM/EDXMA, XRD, and ICP-MS methods; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the State assignment for the Federal Scientific Research Centre Crystallography and Photonics” of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the part concerning the development of methods for characterizing multiphase multicomponent systems.
X-ray tomography study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within project 15.SIN.21.0013 (agreement no. 075-11-2021-087 on December 22, 2021).
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Tereschenko, E.Y., Antipin, A.M., Kvartalov, V.B. et al. Antique Red Glazed Ceramics (Sigillata): Complex Approach for Research. Crystallogr. Rep. 67, 616–628 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774522040174
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