Bordering on Asian Paintings: Dye Analysis of Textile Borders and Mount Elements to Complement Research on Asian Pictorial Art
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Paintings from Cave 17 (Library Cave), Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, China
2.1.1. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.16 (DP16)
2.1.2. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.23 (DP23)
2.1.3. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.30 (DP30)
2.1.4. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.31 (DP31)
2.1.5. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.54 (DP54)
2.1.6. Accession Number 1919,0101,0.63 (DP63)
2.2. Hanging Scroll from Korea—Accession Number 1996,0329,0.1 (K1)
2.3. Tibetan Thangkas
2.3.1. Accession Number 1956,0714,0.40 (T1)
2.3.2. Accession Number 1956,0714.0.41 (T2)
2.4. FORS
2.5. HPLC-ESI-MS/MS
3. Results
3.1. Dunhuang Paintings
3.2. Korean Painting
3.3. Thangkas
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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T1 (Accession Number 1956,0714,0.40) | ||
Colour | Molecules | Dye plants |
Red | 3-deoxysappanone B, sappanol, byakangelicin, brasilein, sappanone B, urolithin C, brasilin, protosappanin E | Sappanwood |
Pink | Carthamin | Safflower |
Green | Rutin, kaempferol rutinoside, isorhamnetin rutinoside, quercetin, indigotin, indirubin | Pagoda tree and indigo |
Blue | Indigotin, indirubin | Indigo |
T2 (Accession Number 1956,0714,0.41) | ||
Colour | Molecules | Dye plants |
Dark orange | 3-deoxysappanone B, sappanol, byakangelicin, brasilein, sappanone B, urolithin C, brasilin, protosappanin E, bisdemethoxycurcumin, demethoxycurcumin, curcumin | Sappanwood and turmeric |
Pink | Carthamin | Safflower |
Yellow | Bisdemethoxycurcumin, demethoxycurcumin, curcumin | Turmeric |
Dark yellow | 3-deoxysappanone B, sappanol, byakangelicin, brasilein, sappanone B, urolithin C, brasilin, protosappanin E, bisdemethoxycurcumin, demethoxycurcumin, curcumin | Turmeric and sappanwood |
Blue | Indigotin, indirubin | Indigo |
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Tamburini, D.; Dyer, J.; Heady, T.; Derham, A.; Kim-Marandet, M.; Pullan, M.; Luk, Y.-P.; Ramos, I. Bordering on Asian Paintings: Dye Analysis of Textile Borders and Mount Elements to Complement Research on Asian Pictorial Art. Heritage 2021, 4, 4344-4365. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/heritage4040240
Tamburini D, Dyer J, Heady T, Derham A, Kim-Marandet M, Pullan M, Luk Y-P, Ramos I. Bordering on Asian Paintings: Dye Analysis of Textile Borders and Mount Elements to Complement Research on Asian Pictorial Art. Heritage. 2021; 4(4):4344-4365. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/heritage4040240
Chicago/Turabian StyleTamburini, Diego, Joanne Dyer, Teresa Heady, Alice Derham, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Monique Pullan, Yu-Ping Luk, and Imma Ramos. 2021. "Bordering on Asian Paintings: Dye Analysis of Textile Borders and Mount Elements to Complement Research on Asian Pictorial Art" Heritage 4, no. 4: 4344-4365. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/heritage4040240