lead-tin yellow

Iran
9th Century
Source: Wypyski, Mark T. "Chemical Analysis of Early Islamic Glass from Nishapur." Journal of Glass Studies 57 (2015): 121-136.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

lead, tin

Preparation Steps

A lead-tin colorant used to produce opaque yellow glass, which can be modified to green by the addition of blue colorants (p. 131).

Original Recipe Text

A lead-tin colorant used to produce opaque yellow glass, which can be modified to green by the addition of blue colorants (p. 131).

Evidence

"while the yellow and green glasses contain lead-tin yellow, as in the opaque glasses noted from Nishapur."

Remarks

This pigment was noted in several opaque glass samples from the Nishapur excavations, including multicolored beads (p. 131).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionPbSnO3 or Pb(Sn,Si)O3
Analytical Techniques
SEM-EDS
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorYellow
RegionIran
Approx. Year850
Source Information
AuthorWypyski, Mark T. "Chemical Analysis of Early Islamic Glass from Nishapur." Journal of Glass Studies 57
CollectionNishapur
Language
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