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Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures) by India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) artist

Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures)

India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) artist · 9th–10th century

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Palette

Lamp black
 78% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.6:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Tan
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.9:1
Umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.7:1
Bistre
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 14.0:1
Pale gold
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.4:1

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

Details

Artist
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) artist
Date
9th–10th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Gold inset with garnet
Size
H. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); W. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Place
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
Period
8th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Black · lightness 11, colourfulness 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1988. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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