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Covered box decorated with chrysanthemums and waterfowl among lotus by Korea artist

Covered box decorated with chrysanthemums and waterfowl among lotus

Korea artist · 13th century

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Palette

Silver
 29% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.4:1
Smoke
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.2:1
Ash
 19% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1
Iron
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1
Pewter
 9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1
Charcoal
 8% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.5:1

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
13th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Stoneware with inlaid design under celadon glaze
Size
H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam. 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
12th century
Themes
Flowers · Birds
Main colour
Grey · lightness 52, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Sadajiro Yamanaka, 1911. 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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