Bomb 14C on paper and detection of the Forged Paintings of T'ang Haywen. Issue 6 (15th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hajdas, Irka; Koutouzis, Philippe; Tai, Kate; Hendriks, Laura; Maurer, Mantana; Röttig, Maria Belen
• Editors: Nadeau, Marie-Josée
• Is Part Of: Radiocarbon. Volume 61:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 1905
• Page End: 1912
• Publication Date: 2019-10-15
• Subjects: art, -- bomb peak 14C, -- forgeries, -- paper; Radiocarbon dating -- Periodicals; 930.1028505
• DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2019.120
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-8222

Abstract

Abstract: The bomb-peak signal preserved in the Arches ® cotton paper was used to detect art forgeries imitating the work of Chinese artist T'ang Haywen (1927–1991). The dating of seven legitimate T'ang Haywen art pieces showed that the timing of the paper production was consistent with the artist's use of Arches ® paper starting in the early 1980s. The measured F 14 C of the paper from the 14 suspected forged paintings shows that the support material was produced in the last decade (2008–2011), therefore the art pieces could not be genuine T'ang Haywen works.