Conservation Status: Numerous fractures; Edges degradation and absence of ceramic paste;
Intervention: Cleaning; Bonding; Filling with epoxy resin and inorganic pigment; Chromatic reintegration with acrylic colours; Protective finish.
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Japanese porcelain sculpture from 18th century, belonging to a group of three monkeys, Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru: the one that does not see, the one that does not hear and the one that does not speak.
Conservation Status: Numerous Fractures; Absence of ceramic paste and strong weathering of the edges; Impregnated dirt over the entire surface.
Intervention: Cleaning; Fragments bonding; Color filling with epoxy resin, inert fillers and inorganic pigments; Leveling of fills; Chromatic reintegration; Protective finish.
Oriental Porcelain Pot Lid
Conservation Status: Numerous fractures; Aged and poorly executed bonding with saliente glue; Edges degradation and absence of ceramic paste; Impregnated dirt in the whole surface.
Intervention: Previous intervention removal; Cleaning; Fragments Bonding; Filling with epoxy resin, inert charges and inorganic pigments; Protective finish by performing a intervention of museological character.
Porcelain Bowl from Ming Dynasty – The National Museum, Sultanate of Oman
Conservation status: Previous intervention with poorly executed bonding with saliente glue and misplaced fragments; Ceramic elements united with two copper repair pins extremely oxidized; Several fractures; Absence of ceramic material; Impregnated dirt in the gaps edges and object surface.
Intervention: Previous intervention elements removal; Cleaning; Bonding; Filling; Leveling fills; Chromatic reintegration; Protective Finish.
Bronze-mounted Sevres-style Cobalt Blue Porcelain Urn
Conservation Status: Previous intervention with traces of aged glue and misplaced fragments; Numerous fractures of different sizes; Gaps with considerable lack of ceramic paste and gold decoration; Dirt impregnated in the edges and on the object surface.
Intervention: Removal of previous bonding; Cleaning; Bonding; Filling with epoxy resin and inorganic pigments; Fillings levelling; Chromatic reintegration with airbrush and gold decoration retouch; Protective finish.