Journal
STUDIES IN CONSERVATION
Volume 57, Issue 2, Pages 106-111Publisher
MANEY PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1179/2047058411Y.0000000008
Keywords
Copper trihydroxychloride; Atacamite; Malachite; Mural painting; Synthetic pigment; Bronze; Copper; Pigment analysis
Funding
- J. S. Lee Memorial Fellowship Programme
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Based on recent pigment analyses of many dated caves and murals, as well as investigation of historical records and inscriptions in China, it is proposed that the most popular green pigment for wall painting and architecture might be copper trihydroxychlorides from North Dynasty (386-581 CE) until late Qing Dynasty (1840-1911 CE), rather than malachite. Furthermore, the synthetic technology of making bronze corrosion artificially probably began to dominate the green pigment supply in Five Dynasties (907-960 CE) or Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE).
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