Influence of Taoism on the invention of the purple pigment used on the Qin terracotta warriors

2007/03/27 by Zhi Liu, Z. Liu, Apurva Mehta +10 · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ancient history #Archaeology #Art #Buddhism #Chemistry #China #Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis #Deep blue #History #Mineralogy and Gemology Studies #Pigment #Pigment Synthesis and Properties #Taoism #Terracotta #Visual arts

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.01.005

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Citations

• An early man-made blue pigment from China—barium copper silicate
• A purple barium copper silicate pigment from early China
• A Purple Barium Copper Silicate Pigment from Early China

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• Cultural heritage and archaeology materials studied by synchrotron spectroscopy and imaging
• Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials
• Terracotta Army [wikipedia]