44482
Editor
Todd, Victoria
Title Of Article Chaper
Three Bodhisattvas: the conservation of a fifteenth century Chinese wall painting in the British Museum collection
Title Of Journal Book
Conservation Today: Papers presented at the UKIC 30th Anniversary Conference 1988
Pages
130-134
Collation
1 map, 2 tables, 9 figs., list of materials, scientific appendix
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliog. refs.
Publisher
United Kingdom Institute of Conservation
Publisher City
London
ISBN
1-87165-601-X
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Conservation Today : the UKIC 30th Anniversary Conference 1988
Meeting City
London
Meeting Country
England
Abstract
Treatment of a 15th century Chinese wall painting depicting three bodhisattvas in the British Museum, London. Outlines the history of the painting (4.3m x 4m.) and previous treatment since acquisition by the museum in 1927. The dismanting, cleaning/paint fixing, consolidation, grout injection, assembly and reintegration are then described. Materials used were Raccanello acrylic silane E 55050, Vinacyl R 40224 polyvinyl butyral, microcell glass balloons, kaolin, gilder's whiting, fumed silica and Rowney's Cryla acrylic paints for retouching. In an appendix by Green and Bradley the layer structure and composition are described with cross-sections (drawn). Photographs, line drawings, references, materials and suppliers (UK addresses).
Keywords
wall painting;a secco;reed;clay;quartz;lead white;plaster of Paris; aluminum;cleaning;treatment;Paraloid B72;paint; Raccanello acrylic silane E55050;silicon paper;Vinacryl R40224; inpainting -- CAL
pub_id
44482
Meeting Date
19881010-19881014