cinnabar + orpiment

Shiraz
16th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

cinnabar, orpiment

Preparation Steps

A combination of cinnabar and orpiment was blended to create a brown hue, serving as a substitute for ocher in Inju style paintings (p. 232).

Original Recipe Text

A combination of cinnabar and orpiment was blended to create a brown hue, serving as a substitute for ocher in Inju style paintings (p. 232).

Evidence

"while the Inju style painter used the combination of cinnabar + orpiment instead of ocher to create a brown colour"

Remarks

This specific combination distinguishes the Inju style's technical approach from contemporaneous Timurid and Turkman styles in Shiraz (p. 232).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionHgS + As2S3
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBrown
RegionShiraz
Approx. Year1550
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionMs Persian 933 p.A
Language
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