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Bowl with dragons amid waves by China artist

Bowl with dragons amid waves

China artist · 10th–11th century

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Palette

Ash
 58% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1
Green earth
 21% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.6:1
Olive brown
 10% of the image
Green · text contrast 7.7:1
Pewter
 7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Slate
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.6:1
Graphite
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.7:1

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
China artist
Date
10th–11th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Stoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yue ware)
Size
H. 4 1/2 in. (11 .4 cm); Diam. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Place
China
Period
9th century
Themes
Seascapes and the coast
Main colour
Grey · lightness 55, colourfulness 4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1918. 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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