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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the Form of Padmapani, the Lotus Bearer by Tibet artist

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the Form of Padmapani, the Lotus Bearer

Tibet artist · 12th century

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Palette

Lamp black
 57% of the image
Black · text contrast 18.9:1
Graphite
 23% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.0:1
Sepia
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.3:1
Ash
 6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1
Smoke
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.5:1

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
Tibet artist
Date
12th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Bronze with later turquoise inlay
Size
H. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm); H. (incl. base) 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Place
Tibet
Period
11th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Black · lightness 18, colourfulness 3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ann and Gilbert Kinney, 2016. 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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