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The ''Terracotta Army'' is a worldwide known archaeological finding in China. It is a part of the burial complex of the emperor Qin Shihuangdi (259e210 BC), which is still under excavation and study. The fact that the sculptures, chariots and weapons of the First Chinese Emperor's Terracotta Army were originally all painted in bright colours is still not widely known. The chemical characterisation of the paint medium was performed through an analytical procedure based on GC-MS. The proteinaceous binder was identified for the first time through a desalting procedure used in proteomics. The identification of egg as a paint binder is extremely interesting in terms of the historical significance of the work of art itself and important in terms of the method of conservation. Moreover it represents one of the first steps towards an understanding of the painting technique used on ancient sculptures in China, of which e despite their fame e nothing is yet known.

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Author

Ilaria Bonaduce; Catharina Blaensdorf; Patrick Dietemann; Maria Perla Colombini

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Masson; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1296-2074)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Physical Sciences)