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Maebyeong (plum bottle) decorated with cranes and clouds by Korea artist

Maebyeong (plum bottle) decorated with cranes and clouds

Korea artist · second half 12th century

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Palette

Slate
 38% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.9:1
Warm grey
 21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.5:1
Pearl grey
 17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.8:1
Silver
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.7:1
Green earth
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.4:1
Sage
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 6.2:1

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
second half 12th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Size
H. 13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
12th century
Themes
Birds
Main colour
Grey · lightness 57, colourfulness 6

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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