Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Pakistan (Swat Valley) artist · 7th century

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Iron
42% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.5:1

Pewter
24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Chalk
16% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1

Silver
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1

Sepia
7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

Soot
4% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1

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

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Artist: Pakistan (Swat Valley) artist
Date: 7th century
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Bronze inlaid with silver and copper
Size: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Place: Pakistan (Swat Valley)
Period: 6th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 48, colourfulness 3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1974. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

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