The Raw Material Sources and Nondestructive Identification Study of the Blue and White Porcelain Made in Jiajing Official Kiln and Dehua Housuo Kiln

In order to study the raw material sources and their identification methods of blue and white porcelain made in Jingdezhen Jiajing official kiln (J-O-kiln) and Dehua Housuo kiln (D-H-kiln), 22 blue and white porcelain samples of J-O-kiln and D-H-kiln were analyzed for their body and glaze chemical compositions by Proton Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE). A set of fingerprint chemical components among them were selected for distribution analysis. Our results show that the raw material sources the porcelain bodies of J-O-kiln are relatively concentrated, and those of D-H-kiln porcelain bodies are relatively scattered, and the raw material sources of porcelain bodies made in the two kilns are quite different, and the raw material sources, recipes of the transparent glazes and blue and white glazes made in these two kilns are also quite different. Therefore, blue and white porcelain samples from J-O-kiln and D-H-kiln can be better easily differentiated by PIXE and fingerprint chemical components distribution analysis.