Scientific analysis of the mural pigments from Xu Xianxiu’s tomb of the Northern Qi Dynasty
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(1. Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;2. Taiyuan Northern Qi Mural Museum, Taiyuan 030045, China)

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    In order to understand the pigment composition and production process of the murals in Xu Xianxiu’s tomb of the Northern Qi Dynasty, optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectrometry, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and other methods were used to analyze and study the pigments. The results show that the pigments are all inorganic mineral ones:red pigments include mainly iron red and cinnabar; yellow pigments are mainly lithargyrum; black pigments are mainly carbon black; gray pigments are mixtures of calcium carbonate and carbon black; green pigments are mixtures of sulfur; white pigments include calcium carbonate and arsenic-containing lead minerals and calcium carbonate is used for both a base layer and a face layer; in addition, the white ash layer of the tomb passage is mainly gypsum. These results provide new material for understanding the characteristics of mural pigments in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

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  • Received:May 23,2019
  • Revised:January 24,2020
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