IIC 2014 Hong Kong Congress - An Unbroken History

Preface xi
Foreword xiii

Special Issue Articles

The consolidation of mud-silk: A Southeast Asian textile
Kate Blair, Karen Thompson

Thai textile conservation: Building bridges regionally and culturally in a twenty-first-century context
Julia M. Brennan, Parichat Saengsirikulchai, Piyamon Kingpratoommas

Developing heritage climatology for collection preservation in changing sub-tropical climates through a trapping survey in Hong Kong
Peter Brimblecombe, Jody Beenk, Christopher Mattison

The cicada and the crow: Chinese stone rubbings
Susan Catcher

Conservation research at Dunhuang: The pivotal role of Cave 260 for conservation education and policy
Sharon Cather, Xudong Wang, Bomin Su, Stephen Rickerby, Lisa Shekede, Xiaowei Wang

Conservation study of Jiazhutai lacquerware excavated from the Dayunshan Han dynasty tombs, Jiangsu, China
Xiaoli Chen, Weijun He

The colourful hub of the Silk Road: A study of glass beads excavated from two Shanpula tomb sites in the Khotan
area of Xinjiang, China
Qian Cheng, Jinlong Guo, Huajie Zhang, Bo Wang

The Analysis and Conservation of a Chinese Silk Birthday Hanging of the Qing dynasty
Angela Cheung, Louise Sam, Lydia Messerschmidt, Evita Yeung

Facing the past in China: Contemporary challenges of architectural conservation
Martha Demas, Lori Wong, Neville Agnew, Linli Li, Dong Chen, Qing Chen

The analysis of complex modern Vietnamese lacquer paintings
Bettina Ebert, Michael R. Schilling

On-site conservation of the tomb mural of the Western Han dynasty at Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China
Jian Feng, Fengyan Zhao, Shuzhen Li

Chinese painted silks for the European market in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK: Conservation
treatment developments
Elizabeth-Anne Haldane, Zenzie Tinker

The conservation of ceramic roof ridge decorations in Shiwan, Guangdong, China
Haiyan Huang, Haobin Shi

Modelling temperature and humidity in storage spaces used for cultural property in Japan
Masahide Inuzuka

Conservation of a silk robe excavated from the Loulan mural tomb, Xinjiang, China
Xiaojing Kang

Broken history: Redefining eighteenth-century Korean portrait painting mounts
Meejung Kim

The heritage of Tang Dynasty textiles from the Famen Temple, Shaanxi, China: Technological and stable isotope studies
Regina Knaller, Florian Stro¨bele

Non-destructive comparative analysis by X-ray fluorescence of Asian and European seventeenth- to nineteenth century glass
Florian Knothe, Stephen P. Koob, Robert H. Brill

Looking through a window: The conservation and reconstruction of an ivory window of Sundari Cok at the Patan
Royal Palace, Nepal
Gabriela Krist, Regina Anna Friedl, Manfred Trummer, Tatjana Bayerova, Kathrine Schmidt

Presenting the conservation of archaeological bronzes from Sanxingdui, China, in the museum context
Celine Lai

Conservation of a polychrome terracotta warrior of the Qin dynasty, newly excavated from vault 1 in Xi‘an, Shaanxi, China
Desheng Lan, Dongfeng Wang, Tie Zhou, Bo Rong, Yin Xia

Studies on naturally dyed silk for painting exposed to museum display
Boyoung Lee, Hyoseon Ryu

Assessing the condition of archaeological cast iron objects using non-destructive methods
Hyeyoun Lee, Hyungho Park, Juhye Cho, Jaeeun Yu

A two-step consolidation approach in conserving an unfired clay statue
Eddy Leung, Dominic Kan, Ronnie Kam

Chinese export watercolours: Employing enzymes, rigid gels and micro-emulsions for the removal of stains, adhesive and backings
Melissa Lewis, Teresa Coleman

Culture and trade through the prism of technical art history: A study of Chinese export paintings
Haida Liang, Lucia Burgio, Kate Bailey, Andrei Lucian, Chris Dilley, Sonia Bellesia, Chishing Cheung, Charlotte Brooks

Conservation of amber at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA: Regalrez®1126 as a consolidant and adhesive for amber and copal
Linda Yingchun Lin, Adriana Rizzo

Conservation of a gauze jacket excavated from the tomb of Zhou Yu (c. 1244) in Zhenjiang, China
Shuqi Lou, Fang Wu

Composition and manufacturing techniques of wallpaper in the Bower of Purest Jade (Yu cuixuan), The Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Yue Ma, Yong Lei, Shiwei Wang

Wuhu iron paintings: Basic research and conservation of a four-sided lantern
Lydia Messerschmidt

From Quanzhou, China to Oxford, UK: An account of the Selden Map of China and its conservation
Robert Minte, Marinita Stiglitz, Keisuke Sugiyama, Mark Barnard

One hundred boys, one hundred challenges: The examination and conservation of two Viennese folding screens decorated with a Chinese silk embroidery
Edith Oberhumer, Maarten R. van Bommel, Matthijs de Keijzer, Suzan de Groot, Rudolf Erlach, Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer, Regina Knaller

Technical investigation of an eighteenth-century Chinese Imperial carved lacquer screen
Va´clav Pitthard, Sabine Stanek, Martina Griesser, Christiane Jordan, Silvia Miklin-Kniefacz

New approaches to conserving the wall painting heritage of Bhutan
Stephen Rickerby, Lisa Shekede, Dorjee Tshering, Tshewang Gyalpo, David Park

Chinese lacquer: Much more than Chinese lacquer
Michael R. Schilling, Herant Khanjian, Julie Chang, Arlen Heginbotham, Nanke Schellmann

Conservation of thangkas in The Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Jirong Song, Xiaoji Fang

Measuring mercury emissions from cinnabar lacquer objects
Donna Strahan, Masahiko Tsukada

Vast and dispersed: Developing portable facilities for non-invasive analysis and recording of heritage sites in China
Bomin Su, Zongren Yu, Sharon Cather

Paper lining: Techniques based on knowledge and experience
Keisuke Sugiyama, Jinxian Qiu, Hisashi Hakamata

Installation of an environmental monitoring system in the Chapel of Our Lady Guia, Macao
Zhong Tang, Shibing Dai

An assessment of nine engraved sites in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Andrew Thorn, Valerie Magar

Conservation of an oil portrait of the Empress Dowager Tze Hsi of China
Jiasun Tsang, Inês Madruga, Don Williams, Jenifer Bosworth, David Hogge

Understanding storage environmental stability during power outages: A key issue in sub-tropical climates
Edward Kinfai Tse, Waishan Tsui

New insights into Jin and post-Jin polychromy and refurbishment practices: A multidisciplinary, multi-analytical
approach
John Twilley, Kathleen M. Garland, Marc F. Wilson

Traditional craftsmanship and technology of Jianyang black wares from Fujian, China
Pamela B. Vandiver, Chandra L. Reedy

Pathways to unravelling the past: Conservation of silk borders of Buddhist paintings from China, Japan, Korea, and the Himalayas
Jennifer Walker

Conservation study of Ming dynasty silk costumes excavated in Jiangsu Region, China
Chen Wang

Conservation of a fur court robe of the Qing dynasty
Yunli Wang, Chunlei Wang

The reproduction of samples of Chinese export lacquer for research
Marianne Webb, Michael R. Schilling, Julie Chang

Reincarnating the lotus: Repair of a contemporary life-size cloisonn´e figure
Elizabeth Wild

Corroded applied lead-based decoration (hyomon) on Japanese lacquer: Principles and case studies
Richard Wolbers, Shayne Rivers, Yoshihiko Yamashita

A study on the problems and conservation of Leizhou stone dogs, Guangdong, China
Huan Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu

Poster Summaries
Lacquered furniture in an Americana collection: Investigations into Chinese export furniture at Winterthur Museum, Delaware, USA
Stephanie Auffret, Catherine Matsen,Maria João Petisca,W. Christian Petersen, JenniferMass,Mark Anderson

The conservation in public of a Chinese Freemason lantern
Lisa Bengston, Kasey Lee

Painted and glazed paper fills for small losses to lacquer and inlaid decoration
Raina Chao

The toning of repair paper used in paper conservation
Gang Chen, Mengting Gong

Characterization and provenance of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Okinawan ceramics using X-ray based analysis
Anya Dani, Jennifer Mass, Taro Kuranari

Case study on the removal and conservation of murals in Inner Mongolia, China, using traditional techniques
Xiaoli Du

Conservation issues relating to North Vietnamese artist practice during the twentieth century
Bettina Ebert

Japanese mounting silks: The production and aesthetics of fukugen
Justine Ellis, Yasuhiro Oka 

A Liao dynasty metal mask in the Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Fei Gao, Liang Qu, Yicun Dou

Mounting techniques for Asian silk paintings and calligraphy using two colours of lining paper
Jing Gao, Yihsia Hsiao 

The conservation of a large-scale eighteenth-century Korean Buddhist painting on silk
Mark Gilberg, Janice Schopfer, Soko Furuhata

Bending Asian lacquer in eighteenth-century Paris: New discoveries
Christina Hagelskamp, Arlen Heginbotham, Paul Van Duin

The use of menthol on the archaeological site at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Jane Xiangna Han

Methods of controlled deterioration for preparation of silks used to conserve East Asian silk painting and writing
Masaki Handa 

Reduced, re-used and recycled: The treatment and re-display of a repurposed seventeenth century Coromandel lacquer screen in the Acton Collection, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy
Pamela Hatchfield, Briana Feston, Diana Johnson Galante, Erin Kitagawa, Jessica Pace, Amy Tjiong, Kristen Watson Adsit, Raina Chao, Rita Berg, Megan Randall, Manuela Toro

Characterisation of funori as a conservation material: Influence of seaweed species and extraction temperature
Noriko Hayakawa, Keiko Kida, Takuya Ohmura,
Noriko Yamamoto, Kyoko Kusunoki, Wataru Kawanobe

Analysis of surface corrosion and its formation mechanism on bluish yellow-glazed pottery from the Caocun Kiln,
Hebei, China
Qiuju He, Shuling Lu, Yajing Pei, Yuling Li, Ruiting Zhao

Fusing and refreshing the memory: Conserving a Chinese lacquered Buddhist sculpture in London, UK
Hsinhui Hsu, Dean Sully

A study of traditional Chinese wax-rosin adhesive
Yanju Kong, Han Lou, Ou Sun, Yong Lei

Conservation of Fortune’s collection of Chinese tree portraits at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
Emma Le Cornu

Conservation of prayer leaves attached to glass plates with animal glue
Hyunjin Lee, Noriko Hayakawa, Noriko Yamamoto, Ikuko Hoshi, Kakuyu Nakamura 

Technical study of architectural paintings (caihua) in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Yong Lei, Hong Yang, Liang Qu, Shiwei Wang

An information system concerning deterioration on murals at Liang-yi Hall, Wudang Mountain, Hubei, China
Zukang Lei, Zhiqiang Gao, Le Zhou

Conservation materials for the Pagoda Forest in the Shaolin Temple, Henan, China
Guanghua Li, Shuanglin Zhou, Wei Wu

Solving a conservation problem: The treatment of a batch of century-old Chinese manuscripts printed with fugitive red grid-lines
Angela Waisum Liu, Martina Yeeman Ho, Chunying Lai

The sumptuous interior lacquer decoration of the Japanese Tower at the Royal Domain, Laeken, Belgium
Delphine Mesmaeker

Searching for blood in Chinese lacquerware
Silvia Miklin-Kniefacz, Martina Griesser, Walther Parson, Va´clav Pitthard, Sabine Stanek

Conservation of Western Han dynasty bronze excavated from Yangfutou, Kunming, China
Rui Mu

Porcelain mounted: Baroque East-Asian interior decoration at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Birgit Müllauer, Gabriela Krist, Elfriede Iby, Manfred Trummer, Tatjana Bayerova

Network building in Japan, China and Korea for the conservation of paper-based cultural heritage within the region
Tadashi Ohsuga

The conservation of Japanese paintings: A balance of traditional techniques, materials and modern science
Yasuhiro Oka, Justine Ellis

Conservation of the timepieces in the Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Haonan Qi

Conservation of a mural in the Mandarin’s House, Macao
Roy Kaisin Sit, Francisco Chileong Chan, Manfong Lei

Double happiness: A phoenix (crown) rises again in Canada
Dee Stubbs-Lee

Technique for making the ground coating used in the production of tsuishu jikiro lacquerware
Akiko Takeda, Hideo Akanuma, Nobutaka Tsuchiya

Conservation of polychrome paintings in Tien-hou Kung, Penghu, Taiwan
Yungkuan Tseng, Chingtai Wu, Chiungkang Juan, Shihong Wang, Zonghong Li, Kairen Kuo, Biyan Xu, Weian Wu

New insights into Northern Zhou polychromy, and art historical ramifications of its pigment alteration
John Twilley

Analysis and identification of dyestuffs in historic Chinese textiles
Shuya Wei, Erwin Rosenberg, Yarong Wang

Merging mind-sets: Training as a traditional Chinese scroll mounter within the British Museum, London, UK
Carol Weiss, Valentina Marabini

Study on gelatinization and peel strength of wheat starch and glutinous flour mixtures
Wangting Wu, Shulin Liu, Pengzhu Lou 

In-situ conservation of tomb murals at archaeological sites: Methodology and implementation
Junchang Yang, Xiaoxiao Wang

Conservation study of relief murals and painted murals in the ‘Three Lanes and Seven Alleys’, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Qiuying Yang, Bo Cai

Conservation methods for unconventionally mounted works
Zehua Yang, Ningchang Shi

Efflorescence on excavated pottery from the Han tomb in Dongnan Town, Shaanxi, China
Jing Zhao, Hongjie Luo, LiqinWang,Weidong Li, Tie Zhou, Bo Rong

Selection of consolidants for the polychrome clay sculptures in the Guanyin Temple, Sichuan, China
Linjuan Zhao