Case Study

Landscape wall painting by Jiang Maode

Qianlong period, Qing dynasty

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The wall painting is removed from the wall, then rolled up and folded to store for years, thus there are many cracks and fragments on the painting. During conservation, one of the very important step is to place the small fragments back to their original positions, only then can the steps reinforcement, cleaning and removing backing papers, etc. be started.

Cracks appeared on the wall painting

Defect location diagram

Place the paper fragments according to their original position

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