This dissertation addresses the characteristics and material properties of clay
statues of Guardian Gods in Hong Kong temples. Guardian God statues in Hong
Kong temples are usually represented as a pair, flanking the main deity and are
usually the approximate height of a person.
The statues under study in this dissertation may be categorized as Hong Kong’s
vernacular temple sculpture of the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and The
Republic of China Period (1911-1949), as most of the statues are approximately 50
to 150 years old.
This dissertation documents general information about the statutes and includes an
inventory of specific statues in Hong Kong SAR, in combination with a detailed
case study of a particular statue currently deposited in the Conservation Section of
Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
By describing and documenting the damages of the statues and discussing the
physical properties of the encountered materials, theories for the reasons of the
damages are made.
The research about the characteristics, materials and techniques and damages to
the statues serves in preparation to find an appropriate conservation concept for
the case study statue, and aims to provide information for possible future
conservation concepts for similar statues. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/161566 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Schwantes, Gesa. |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Source Sets | Hong Kong University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PG_Thesis |
| Source | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47967274 |
| Rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License |
| Relation | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) |
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