Microchemical study of pigments and binders in polychrome relics from maiji mountain grottoes in northwestern China

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 845-856

  Liu, Luyao ^a   Shen, Wei ^b,c   Zhang, Bingjian ^a,d   Ma, Qian ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Maijishan Grottoes Art Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

binders; Maiji Mountain Grottoes; pigments; polychrome relics; secco fresco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980378564     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927616011302     Document Type: Article

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