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Box decorated with auspicious symbols by Korea artist

Box decorated with auspicious symbols

Korea artist · 19th century

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Palette

Slate
 32% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.8:1
Chalk
 25% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.9:1
Sepia
 19% of the image
Brown · text contrast 9.6:1
Ash
 13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.3:1
Caramel
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.1:1
Coral
 1% of the image
Red · text contrast 6.0:1

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
19th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Lacquered wood inlaid with flattened and painted ox horn
Size
H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); L. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
18th century
Themes
Flowers · Birds
Main colour
Brown · lightness 54, colourfulness 8

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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