探索明代鋄金熏炉的工艺

A study of the damascening techniques of incense burners of the Ming Dynasty

以无损的科学分析方法研究3件明宣德年制的鋄金熏炉,以解释明代时期的工艺特色。研究方法包括利用X射线荧光光谱仪和扫描电镜/能谱测定铁体和鋄金的成分,反射光显微镜深入观察铁器表面网纹坑的分布,密度和深度。以红外光谱仪检测得出熏炉的表面褐色涂料为传统的大漆。以探索当中3件熏炉工艺的异同,讨论技术上的改良变化为器物带来的好坏处。

This article concerns the fabrication techniques used for three damascened incense burners dating back to the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.Various non-destructive analytical methods,including X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy(XRF),scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy(SEM-EDS)were used to determine the composition of the metal bodies and gold wires.Reflective light microscopy was used to study the distribution,density and also depth of the net pattern grooves on the surface of the ironware.The brown coating on the surface of a burner was identified as natural lacquer by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR).The information gathered was used to analyze the similarities and differences in fabrication techniques for these three burners and to explore the development of the fabrication techniques contributing to the properties of the incense burners.