Bordering on Asian Paintings: Dye Analysis of Textile Borders and Mount Elements to Complement Research on Asian Pictorial Art by Diego Tamburini, Joanne Dyer, Teresa Heady, Alice Derham, Meejung Kim-Marandet, Monique Pullan, Yu-Ping Luk, Imma Ramos

“…In this study, the textile borders and some additional mounting elements of six paintings (late 9th–10th century CE) from the Library Cave, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, China, one rare Korean portrait painting dated 1789 CE, and two Tibetan <i>thangkas</i> (18th century) were investigated with the aim to identify the dyes present. …”
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