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A work made of fan; colors on silk, with lacquer rim and ivory handle.

Lotus 荷花牙柄团扇

Unknown artist · Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 19th century

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Palette

Chalk
 55% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 17.8:1
Tan
 27% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Bronze
 11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Lamp black
 5% of the image
Black · text contrast 19.1:1
Terracotta
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.7:1
Pale gold
 1% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 12.6:1

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
Chinese, active 19th century
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 19th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Fan; colors on silk, with lacquer rim and ivory handle
Place
China
Period
19th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 76, colourfulness 16

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Russell Tyson. 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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