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A work made of handscroll; ink on paper.

Landscape

Gong Xian · Qing dynasty/early Republican period, 19th/early 20th century

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Palette

Stone
 33% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.4:1
Silver
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.2:1
Taupe
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.7:1
Iron
 20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Putty
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.0:1
Khaki
 3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

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

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Artist
Gong Xian
spurious signature of Gong Xian （龔賢，1618-1689）
Date
Qing dynasty/early Republican period, 19th/early 20th century
Type
Painting
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Size
27.4 × 279.4 cm (10 3/4 × 110 in.)
Place
China
Period
17th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
Grey · lightness 57, colourfulness 8

Art Institute of Chicago, Waller Fund. 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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