Origin: Abasiya 1 sector B
Date: January, 2015
Name of the object: Ab1B.14.167.23
Material: Pottery
Dimensions: Maximum height conserved 185 mm. Diameter 358 mm.
Thickness 15mm.
Description
Vessel in conical form with a rounded base. Handmade possibly. Retains traces of polychrome on the inside surface.
Characteristics
The profile is not complete but can be constructed by other ceramics from the same source (site and room) that if they keep the full form.
Light brown porous ceramic paste, with visible mineral and defatting particles. Cooking in an oxidizing atmosphere with bicolor section. Grooves marked in interior and exterior oblique wall.
Images (see below: Photographic documentation)
Images 1 and 2. Pottery before treatment.
Image 3. Remains of color and clay (detail).
Images 4 and 5. Restoration process.
Images 6 and 7. Pottery after the restoration.
Image 8. Technical drawing.
Conservation condition
Regular. The eleven fragments constitute 60% of the whole vessel.
Objectives
Consolidation of the object and recuperation of its morphologic characteristics. restoration needed to accomplish its stability and to be able to understand its original function.
Treatment
Superficial cleaning with a mixt solution of demineralized water and alcohol 96ª. Mechanical dry-cleaning with brush and scalpel to extract earthy soluble concretions.
Consolidation
Pieces joint together with nitrocellulose adhesive (Imedio banda azul®)
Restoration
Reintegration of part of the base with plaster dyed with natural and burnt sienna earth pigments (Conscolor) Consolidation of the plaster on base of acrylic resin 2% Paraloid B-72® in acetone applied with a brush. Chromatic reintegration adjusting the color of the reintegrate part with a drizzle dyed with natural pigments with acrylic resin 3% Paraloid B-72® solution in acetone.
Recommendations for continued care and maintenance
Block handling (with two hands)
Stable temperature between 24ºC and 30ºC
Do not expose directly to sunlight
Controlled dust-free atmosphere.
Restored by Natalia Saldaña Perea
Degree on Conservation – Restoration (Student)
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona
Margarita Alcobé
Curator-Restorer Supervisor
January 2015
