opaque watercolor
Iran
16th Century
Source: Babaie, Sussan. "Cookery and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan." The Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 18, no. 3 (2018): 148-153.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"The Story of Haftvād and the Worm, from the Shāhnāma of Shāh Tahmāsb, ca. 1540, Iran, Tabriz, opaque watercolor, gold, silver and ink on paper"
Remarks
The medium for the pigments in the Shāh Tahmāsb folio is identified as opaque watercolor in Note 37 (p. 150). This term typically implies a mixture of pigments with a binder such as gum arabic to create a non-transparent layer (p. 150).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionIran
Approx. Year1550
Source Information
AuthorBabaie, Sussan. "Cookery and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan." The Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 18, no. 3
CollectionTabriz
Language
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