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
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