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Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls by Korea artist

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Korea artist · 18th century

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Palette

Pewter
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1
Silver
 29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1
Slate
 26% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1
Graphite
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.2:1
Ink
 3% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.8:1
Walnut
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.5:1

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

Details

Artist
Korea artist
Date
18th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Size
H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); W. 15 in. (38.1 cm); L. 22 3/8 in. (56.8 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
17th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 49, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015. 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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