ultramarine blue
Iran
10th Century
Source: Holakooei, P., de Lapérouse, J.F., Rugiadi, M. & Carò, F. (2018). Early Islamic pigments at Nishapur, north-eastern Iran: studies on the painted fragments preserved at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 10:175–195.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
lapis lazuli
Evidence
"μ-Raman also supported this finding by exhibiting Raman bands at 258, 547, 805, and 1095 cm−1, which are attributed to blue ultramarine (Osticioli et al. 2009)."
Remarks
Traces of Mg in the composition of ultramarine used at Nishapur suggest the pigment was imported from Badakhshan (Afghanistan) (p. 191). Ultramarine was found mixed with carbon black on fragment no. 34 (p. 191).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionNa6–10Al6Si6O24S2–4
Analytical Techniques
Raman
XRF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlue
RegionIran
Approx. Year950
Source Information
AuthorHolakooei, P., de Lapérouse, J.F., Rugiadi, M. & Carò, F.
CollectionNishapur
Language
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