| Description: |
A Japanese Imari square dish, 19th century, painted in typical palette of iron-red, underglaze blue and gilding with a central floral mon within a border of stylised flowers and formal motifs. |
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| Condition:
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Object fragmented into several sections with chipping along the break edges. |
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| Treatment: |
All sections cleaned with water and Snyperonic N (non-ionic detergent) and rinsed.
Once dry the sections where bonded using Fynebond (2 part epoxy resin).
All break edges and missing chips were colour filled using Fynebond
bulked to a stiff paste with Cabosil (fumed silica) tinted with dry powder pigments.
The fills were then polished to a glaze-like surface using glass paper 240grit and micromesh polishing cloths.
Damaged enamel decoration was re-touched using Rustin's Plas |
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