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Bowl with inscription and chrysanthemums and tortoiseshell decoration by Korea artist

Bowl with inscription and chrysanthemums and tortoiseshell decoration

Korea artist · mid-15th century

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Palette

Warm grey
 67% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.1:1
Putty
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.2:1
Stone
 7% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Taupe
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1
Parchment
 5% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.2:1
Iron
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.5:1

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
mid-15th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Buncheong ware with stamped design
Size
H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); Diam. of foot 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Place
Korea
Period
15th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Toshiya Fujiwara Riseido, 2003. 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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