Which condition accelerates pigment degradation adjacent to pietra dura floral inlay in Mughal-era sandstone?

💡 Explanation

Capillary action wicking salts induces pigment degradation; the porous sandstone draws saline through grain boundaries. Salt migration causes efflorescence and subflorescence processes, therefore damaging adjacent pigments rather than from thermal stress, galvanic corrosion nor biological mechanisms.

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