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Table 1 Summary of the thickness of paint layers, pigment, priming layers and particles size

From: Polychrome arhat figures dated from the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) at the Lingyan Temple, Changqing, Shandong, China

Samples

No

Thickness of paint layers/μm

Thickness of pigment or gilding layers layers/μm

Particles size (min/max/average diameter/μm)

Thickness of priming or adhesive layers/μm

Particles size (min/max/average diameter/μm)

D1–1

580

L1 Reddish–brown 55

3/35/7

L2 White 85

5/35/13

L3 Red 20

3/13/6

L4 White 55

3/15/7

L5 Orange 35

5/17/13

L6 White 55

3/27/5

L7 Yellow 50

3/17/5

L8 Grey 105

3/15/5

L9 Orange 60

4/17/13

L10 White 45

2/9/4

L11 Red 20

3/14/6

L12 White 50

3/15/5

L13 White 30

3/10/4

L14 Grey 45

6/38/15

D1–2

205

L1 Reddish–brown 110

3/35/8

L2 Gray 60

3/23/7

D1–4

380

L1 Orange 45

3/40/20

L2 White 190

7/45/17

L3 White 105

3/12/5

L4 Gray 40

6/40/15

D1–5

560

L1 Blue 20

3/15/8

L2 Gray 95

6/33/13

L3 White 25

2/6/4

L4 Gray 155

4/27/15

L5 Red 10

3/7/5

L6 Gray 50

4/26/7

L7 Green 205

8/60/18

L8 Gray 50

3/19/6

D1–6

425

L1 Red 30

2/30/7

L2 Gray 110

4/32/12

L3 White 30

3/30/7

L4 Gray 50

3/47/10

L5 White 20

2/6/3

L6 White 70

3/17/8

L7 White 15

2/6/3

L8 Gray 110

5/28/10

D1–7

895

L1 Gold 2

L2 Brown-black 60

L3 Golden yellow 35

3/45/12

L5 Black 65

L4 Gold 2

L8 Black 65

L6 Golden yellow 45

3/30/10

L10 Black 65

L7 Silver 2

L12 Black 70

L9 Silver 2

L13 White 75

4/27/10

L11 Gold 2

L15 Black 35

L14 Gold 2

L16 White 240

5/48/20

D1–8

350

L1 Pink 40

3/20/7

L2 White 130

14/47/25

  

L3 Claybank 205

10/41/15

D1–9

370

L1 Gold 2

L2 Black 45

L3 Golden yellow 80

4/68/13

L5 Black 10

L4 Gold 2

L8 Black 35

L6 Golden yellow 25

3/21/12

L10 Black 70

L7 Gold 2

L12 Brown 45

L9 Gold 2

L14 Black 45

L11 Gold 1

L15 Gray 105

4/51/15

L13 Gold 2

  

D1–11

210

L1 Black 35

 < 1

L2 Gray 25

3/12/8

L3 Orange 30

4/27/11

L4 White 35

5/26/8

D1–12

225

L1 Reddish-brown 120

4/70/13

  

L2 Black 70

 < 1

  

D1–13

250

L1 Red 30

4/35/8

L5 Claybank 60

7/23/10

L2 Orange 25

3/20/6

L6 Gray 50

12/35/15

L3 Red 35

3/12/6

  

L4 White 30

3/15/6

  

D1–14

345

L1 Yellow 70

4/30/17

  

L2 Green 65

13/61/23

  

L3 Orange 130

14/110/35

  

L4 Green 45

14/52/22

  

D1–15

745

L1 Green 570

12/68/25

L4 White 60

3/15/7

L2 Black 10

 < 1

  

L3 Red 25

3/12/6

  

L5 Red 20

3/13/6

  

D1–16

225

L1 Red 50

3/65/8

L2 White 40

3/11/5

L4 Orange 45

5/24/10

L3 Brown 95

D1–17

870

L1 White 290

8/75/16

L2 White 145

5/35/10

D1–18

290

L1Blue-green 75

15/35/20

L3 Gray 35

3/17/10

L2 Black 50

 < 1

  

L4 Black 90

 < 1