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A work made of opaque watercolor with gold on cotton.

Ushnishavijaya Within a Chaitya, Commemorating the Laksha Chaitya Vrata (Thousand Chaitya Ritual), with Dated Inscription

Unknown artist · 1513

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Palette

Raw umber
 26% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Chestnut
 24% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.0:1
Sepia
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Taupe
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1
Umber
 6% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Kathmandu Valley
Date
1513
Type
Painting
Medium
Opaque watercolor with gold on cotton
Size
58.2 × 57.2 cm (23 3/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Place
Nepal
Period
16th century
Main colour
Brown · lightness 40, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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