Study of the pigments and binding media used for acrobat figures excavated from Pit K9901 of Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum
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(1. School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;2. Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, Xi’an 710600, China;3. School of Cultural Heritage,Northwest University, Xi’an 710669, China)

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    In order to identify the pigments and binding media of acrobat figures excavated from Pit K9901 of Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum, polarized light microscopy (PLM), Raman spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were applied to study the two polychrome fragments. The results indicate that the binding media of the pigments is animal glue, the white pink pigment is a mixture of cinnabar and white lead, and the red pink pigment is a mixture of cinnabar and bone white. The study could provide important information about archaeological culture of Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum.

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  • Received:February 16,2019
  • Revised:April 07,2019
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  • Online: August 22,2020
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