Lacquerware Pigment Identification with Fixed and Mobile Raman Microspectrometers: A Potential Technique to Differentiate Original/Fake Artworks

Arts

Philippe Colomban¹ 

关键词: pigment;    lacquerware;    Japan;    Vietnam;    mobile;    identification;    IR;    Raman;    spectroscopy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/arts2030111

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

(FT) Raman spectroscopy is used for the first time to identify pigments used in 19^th & 20^th century Japanese and Vietnamese Lacquerwares. IR spectroscopy is used to assess the Lacquer matrix. Different operative conditions and parameters were experimented with on a limited number of lacquerwares in order to determine the optimal procedure for the identification of pigments/dyes as potential chronological or technological markers. The test was then performed in the collector’s rooms with a mobile Raman set-up. Different pigments (vermilion, Prussian Blue, Naples Yellow, Phtalocyanine Blue, anatase, rutile, chalk, carbon black) were identified despite a strong fluorescence and a rapid degradation of both pigments and binder under increasing laser power. Better spectra were obtained on older lacquerwares.

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