gold

Iran
17th Century
Source: Pakzad, Z. (2017). Color Structure in the Persian Painting. Review of European Studies, 9(1), 1-17.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

thin sheets of gold, honey, warm water, isinglass

Preparation Steps

Thin sheets of gold are put into the porcelain bowl. Then the sheets are well pulverized with honey to be quite soft. Then, warm water is slowly poured on gold lightly agitate until honey is dissolved in hot water. After the settlement of gold dust, the water will be removed slowly. This will be done two or three times to clean gold and then isinglass is poured on it and mixed, and the final product when use is mixed with the required amount of water (p. 13).

Original Recipe Text

Thin sheets of gold are put into the porcelain bowl. Then the sheets are well pulverized with honey to be quite soft. Then, warm water is slowly poured on gold lightly agitate until honey is dissolved in hot water. After the settlement of gold dust, the water will be removed slowly. This will be done two or three times to clean gold and then isinglass is poured on it and mixed, and the final product when use is mixed with the required amount of water (p. 13).

Evidence

"The result of this study was the extraction, preparation and remaking of seven main mineral colors in Persian painting."

Remarks

If pulverization is done more than enough, intermolecular bond property is destroyed and the material will be so called hollow (p. 13).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
descriptive-analytic
remaking
experimental-based
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
BinderFish glue (Isinglass)
ColorGold
RegionIran
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorPakzad, Z.
CollectionUnknown
Language
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