Chapter III · The Pigments of Alchi
Plate 07 · Slide 12
What the wall still says

Three pigments carry the wall — lapis, cinnabar, chalk.

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mineral pigment recovered from the Sumtsek Bodhisattva field

Composition by mass — five minerals

Pigment lifted in flake from the Bodhisattva field, Dukhang wall, c. 11–12th century. Lapis leads; gold reads as the thinnest film.

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