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Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields by Japan artist

Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Japan artist · early 17th century

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Palette

Silver
 67% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.8:1
Raw umber
 13% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1
Soot
 11% of the image
Black · text contrast 14.8:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Taupe
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.3:1
Iron
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.2:1

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
Japan artist
Date
early 17th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black ground
Size
H. (incl. handle) 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. (including spout) 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
16th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 59, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 1980. 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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