Plaster Figure

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Plaster face with lightly moulded features and traces of colour. The pigments on this piece were analysed in 2006 by Raman spectroscopy, by Lucia Burgio in V&A's Conservation Science section. The bright red pigment (on the mouth and eyebrows) was identified as vermilion, the black (on the hair and eyes) gave a weak signal for carbon black, but no spectrum could be obtained for the dull yellow pigment (used for the eyes). See Conservation Science report no. 06-03-LB.

A.20 to 24-1928 were all donated at the same time by Lady Marling.

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Category	Islam
Object type	Plaster figure
Physical description	Plaster face with lightly moulded features and traces of colour. The pigments on this piece were analysed in 2006 by Raman spectroscopy, by Lucia Burgio in V&A's Conservation Science section. The bright red pigment (on the mouth and eyebrows) was identified as vermilion, the black (on the hair and eyes) gave a weak signal for carbon black, but no spectrum could be obtained for the dull yellow pigment (used for the eyes). See Conservation Science report no. 06-03-LB. A.20 to 24-1928 were all donated at the same time by Lady Marling.
Dimensions	Diameter: 10cm measured MRO 2007
Style	Seljuk
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration
Associated objects	A.20-1928 A.21-1928 A.22-1928 A.24-1928
Bibliographic reference	Rudolf Riefstahl, "Persian Islamic Stucco Sculptures: Representation of the Human Figure in Islamic Art", The Art Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 4 (Dec. 1931), pp. 439-463
Collection	Middle East Section
Accession number	A.23-1928

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Record created	September 8, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166621/plaster-figure/

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