"Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns" Preservation Treatment Report

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida Kim, Eun-ho fecit “Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns� and Sutra and Dharani Preservation Report

2017

Content

Ⅰ. Kim, Eun-ho “Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns”

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1. Condition Before Conservation ········································ 2 2. Process of target relic preservation treatment··················· 3 3. Comparison of pre- and post preservation treatment········· 11

Ⅱ. Sutra and Dharani (Bokjang Objects) ··························· 14 1. Condition Before Conservation ········································ 15 2. Process of target relic preservation treatment ················· 16 3. Comparison of pre- and post preservation treatment········· 19

Ⅰ. Kim, Eun-ho fecit “Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns”

Front surface before preservation treatment

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1. Condition before Conservation · The size of relic before treatment : height

272cm × Width 115cm

· It has contamination on entire surface and on backside part, uneven yellow

foxing has spreaded.

Backing paper is detached

Backing paper yellow foxing

Bottom axis is detached

silk discoloration

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2. Process of target relic preservation treatment

2.1. Initial Examination · Research about the form: size, form, damage status and other appearance will be researched and recorded . · Research about the materials: the characteristics of support layer of the relic and color difference value of relic were measured and to examine component of pigment, X-ray Fluorescent Spectroscopy(XRF)1)was performed. · Photo taking: We took the pictures for preservation treatment process.

Size maesuring

Photo taking

Microscope photo taking

XRF measuring

1) X-ray Fluorescent Spectroscopy

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2.2. Disassembling 路 Existing silk and top路bottom axis was separated and the relic was disassembled.

Top axis disassembling

Bottom axis disassembling

2.3. Dry and Eraser Powder Cleaning 路 Before treatment, the dirt is cleaned on the surface of the painting using a soft brush 路 The dirt of the surface is removed using soft eraser powder

Dry cleaning

Eraser powder cleaning

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2.4. Removing the backing paper · On the relic, it was put reinforcement paper on front part, and removed the backing paper.

backing paper removal

※ BaeChae 背彩 · baechae technique (coloring on the reverse side of paintings)

Back side of the painting (After removing backing paper)

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2.5. Painting silk disassembling · After removing existing baking paper, painting silk was disassembled from the relic.

Painting silk disassembling

2.6. 1st backing

1st backing

· Baking paper was naturally-dyed by alder tree and 100% of domestic mulberry paper was used for backing. · On dyed baking paper, with wheat starch new glue, backing was proceeded.

Wheat starch2) new glue was traditional adhesive used in oriental made 2)

Wheat starch glue is made of starch remained only excluding proteins from wheat. In Chosun dynasty, wheat starch glue already had been used and the production technique was 山林經濟, recorded in 이제난고등. The reason of removing protein from wheat is to protect insect damages with removing proteins easy to be nutrients for insect and fungus. Wheat starch, which put into water and boiled, was called wheat starch new glue and this wheat starch new glue was contained in a jar for 7 - 10 years and became ferment type of glue, which was called wheat starch ferment flue. Wheat starch new glue has good adhesive

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of starch excluding proteins from wheat.

1st backing on original mounting silk

backing paper removal

2.7. 2nd backing ¡ It is backing with using Dak paper including aleurone and ferment glue made of wheat starch. Wheat starch ferment glue was fermented new wheat starch glue for 7-10 years so it is not firm but flexible so is able to reduce horizontal fold of scroll form of relic. In this case, 2nd baking paper was proceeded in opposite direction of 1st baking paper direction.

2.8. Scroll decoration ¡ It is decorated with connecting preservation treatment painting silk and painting as scroll form.

strength and used for 1st backing and wheat starch ferment glue was not firm after backing so used for 2nd and 3rd backing of axis form of relic like scroll, roll of paper contained as rolled status.

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Scroll decoration

2.9. 3nd 4ndbacking

2.10. Last Backing ¡ The final backing paper was attached,

Last backing

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2.11. Drying ¡ For total drying days, 1/2 was for the front part and the rest of 1/2 was for the backside enough to be dried.

Drying

2.12. Scroll finishing ¡ The original wooden rods were affixed to the top and bottom of the scroll.

bottom axis assembling

ring fixing

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2.13. Relic containing box ¡ The painting was rolled with broadly rolling axis and contained in a paulownia tree box.

2.14. Photo taking After preservation

Photo taking

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3. Comparison of pre- and post preservation treatment

Before preservation treatment

After preservation treatment

front part

front part

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