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Identification and Creation

Object Number
Straus.8819
Title
X-radiograph(s) of "Kneeling Attendant Bodhisattva (from Mogao Cave 328, Dunhuang, Gansu province)"
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, x-radiograph
Date
July 31, 2014
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/353664

Physical Descriptions

Dimensions
plate size: 35.6 × 129.5 cm (14 × 51 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs
Object Number
Straus.8819
Contact
am_straus@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
X-radiograph Operator: Henry Lie

Material Description: Unfired Clay

Sample for TL?:

Radiation source: Comet tube

Exposure settings:
320 kV 4.6 mA 180 #seconds 3 mm FOC
320 kV 4.6mA 150 #seconds 3 mm FOC

Filtration used:

Screens used:

Set up/sequencing notes: 200 and 300cm

Scanning notes:

Publication History

  • Francesca Bewer, Katherine Eremin, and Angela Chang, Chemistry Revisited in a Laboratory for Art, Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines, ed. Nina Owczarek, Molly Gleeson, and Lynn Grant, Archetype Publications (London, UK, 2017), Pages 190-198, Figure 1, Page 191; Figure 3, Page 192; Figure 4, Page 193

Subjects and Contexts

  • Alan Burroughs Collection of X-Radiographs

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