Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi

India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal artist · 1st century BCE

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Putty
37% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Midnight
27% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.3:1

Taupe
19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.5:1

Pale stone
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1

Ink
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.5:1

Sepia
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.5:1

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: India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal artist
Date: 1st century BCE
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Molded terracotta
Size: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Place: India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 48, colourfulness 12

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1990. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi

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