Analysis on the Pigments and Dyes of the Patterns for Jeogui and Pyeseul of National Museum of Korea

국립중앙박물관 소장 적의본과 폐슬본 채색 안료 및 염료 분석

The patterns for Jeogui and Pyeseul (patterns of the queen's ceremonial robe worn and a belt ornament covering knees in the front) as owned by National Museum of Korea were made in the early 20th century and both of them were colored on paper. Through a non-destructive analysis on pigments and dyes used on both the patterns, it was attempted to identify the coloring materials. As for the analysis of the coloring pigments, the XRF was used. As a result of the pigment analysis on the pattern for Jeogui, it is presumed that lead white was used for obtaining the white color, ink stick for black color, orpiment for yellow color, cinnabar and red lead for red color, copper and arsenical or a mixture of copper carbonate and orpiment for green color whereas brass seems to have been used for obtaining other colors. The pigments used for obtaining the colors of white, black, yellow and green on the pattern for Pyeseul are the same as those used on the pattern for Jeogui whereas the red pigments used on each of the two patterns are seen to be different. Although it may be difficult to identify the kinds of blue pigments that were used on the patterns for Jeogui and Pyeseul, a mixture containing lead white is presumed to be used as blue pigment. Also, as a result of the UV-Vis spectroscopic analysis performed on the blue hanji (traditional Korean paper) of the pattern for Jeogui, it was presumed to have been dyed with indigo.

국립중앙박물관 소장 적의본과 폐슬본은 20세기 초에 제작된 것으로 모두 지본채색되어 있다. 두 본에 사용된 채색 안료 및 염료에 대한 비파괴분석을 통해 채색 재료를 확인하고자 하였다. 채색 안료의 성분분석에는 XRF를 이용하였다. 적의본의 안료 분석결과 백색은 연분, 흑색은 먹, 황색은 석황, 적색은 진사와 연단, 녹색은 구리와 비소화합물 또는 석청과 석황을 혼합하여 사용한 것으로 추정되며 기타색상으로 황동을 사용하였다. 폐슬본에 사용된 백색, 흑색, 황색, 녹색은 적의본에 사용된 안료와 동일하나 적색은 채색 안료에 차이를 보였다. 한편 적의본과 폐슬본에 사용된 청색은 안료의 종류를 확인이 어려우나 연분과 혼합하여 사용한 것으로 추정된다. 또한 적의본의 청색 한지에 대한 UV-Vis 분광분석 결과 인디고(쪽)으로 염색한 것으로 추정되었다.