X-radiograph(s) of "Compressed Globular Perfumer or Incense Burner Cut Down from a Flowerpot with Flaring Mouth (Zhadou)"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: Straus.8977
Title: X-radiograph(s) of "Compressed Globular Perfumer or Incense Burner Cut Down from a Flowerpot with Flaring Mouth (Zhadou)"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: x-radiograph, photograph
Date: March 17, 2017
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/357943

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number: Straus.8977
Contact: am_straus@harvard.edu
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Description: X-radiograph Operator: Susan Costello and Lucy Cooper

Duration of session: 45 min

Total number of exposures: 5

Material Description: ceramic

Radiation source: Comet tube

Exposure settings:
Side 50 kV 5 mA 180 seconds 75" focal distance
Side propped up 50 kV 5 mA 180 seconds 75" focal distance
Bottom 60 kV 5 mA 180 seconds 75" focal distance
Other side 60 kV 5 mA 180 seconds 75" focal distance
Top 60 kV 5 mA 180 seconds 75" focal distance

Filtration used: none

Screens used: lead under plate

Scanning notes: laser power high, 12-bit logarithmic data scale, PMT 10, 50 micron scan resolution

Image manipulation notes: Industrex edge 6 filter, Photoshop manipulation to tiff files