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26.03.2024 - беседа о китайском фарфоре с Сергеем Мстиславским
Сегодня мы вновь встречаемся с китаеведом, специалистов по китайской культуре - Сергеем Мстиславским. В этот раз мы поговорим о китайском фарфоре. Причиной беседы стал тот факт, что в Царскосельскую янтарную мастерскую поступили на реставрацию несколько предметов из китайского фарфора.
Подробнее...15.02.2023 - Янтарная комната - книги / рассказывает И.В.Яроцкая
Новое видео на канале Царскосельской янтарной мастерской на Youtube. Янтарная комната привлекает внимание тысяч туристов и исследователей, искателей сокровищ и искусствоведов. Сегодня, главный архитектор Царскосельской янтарной мастерской, заслуженный архитектор РФ - Ирина Васильевна Яроцкая, расскажет об основной научной литературе о Янтарной комнате и янтарном искусстве.
Подробнее...In the Tsarskoselskaya amber workshop, the restoration of the Chinese chess set of the 18th century was completed. A unique item, from the collection of GMZ "Tsarskoe Selo", decorates the interior of the Malinova Stolbova Catherine Palace. A chess set made of bone, on a perlamtur board is exhibited in the center of the hall, on a slot table.
The chess pieces were dirty, deformed, and some bone details were missing. The chess case is also deformed, numerous chips, cracks and scratches of mother-of-pearl inserts, loss of the gilded frame of individual plates, some mother-of-pearl inserts coming out of the grooves are observed on its surface.
The Chinese chess set was purchased by GMZ "Tsarskoe Selo" in 1984 from a private person.
Fragment of the chess field with white mother-of-pearl cells and black cells with gilded paintings.
Fragment of gilded mural on the end of a chess case.
Artist-restorer Konstantin Ivanov tints the faded areas of the bone chess figure with watercolor paints and varnish.
The deformed element of the chess piece stand. The decorative element of the bone foundation is a chess piece, the so-called Chinese "devil's ball" - the balls that are ideal in shape and are not dismountable, cut out of a single piece of bone. The art of bone carving originated in China in the 10th century BC. and reached its heyday during the reign of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The technique of the devil's ball is relatively young and has about 1000 years.
Elements of a chessboard and chess pieces.
Gilded painting on a chess case in the form of traditional Chinese ornament.
The restoration of the chess case and figures included a number of tasks, among them: removal of impurities, removal of deformations of lacquer and mother-of-pearl, strengthening of the lacquer layer, toning of abrasions of varnish, replenishment of the gilded frame, restoration of lost pieces of chess pieces from the bone, etc. At the moment, the restoration work is completed and the subject is waiting to return to its place in the Raspberry Canteen.
