一、前言继《莫高窟壁画、彩塑无机颜料剖析》工作结束之后,我们又对敦煌西千佛洞壁画颜料进行了剖析。该工作的取样方法、分析手段和方法等与莫高窟壁画颜料剖析工作的方法完全相同,故在此报告中不再重复。西千佛洞位于敦煌县城西七十华里外的戈壁滩上,洞窟开凿在党河北岸、河水冲刷而成的断崖之上,东西长约百米。据考察,洞窟始建于北魏时期,经北周、隋、唐、宋等几个主要朝代经营,现存十六个洞窟。洞窟内现存壁画、彩塑保护良好。它保存了各自时期的 First, the foreword Following the “Mogao Grottoes, color plastic inorganic pigment analysis” after the end of the work, we again Dunhuang West Thousand-Buddha cave mural paints were analyzed. The sampling methods, analysis methods and methods of the work are the same as those of the Mogao Grottoes’ mural pigment analysis work, so they will not be repeated in this report. West Thousand-Buddha Cave is located in the west of Dunhuang County, 70 kilometers outside the Gobi desert, caves digging in the party’s northern bank, the river washed off from the cliff, something about 100 meters long. According to the survey, the cave was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui, Tang, Song and other major dynasty operations, there are 16 caves. The murals existing in the cave, good color and plastic protection. It saved each period