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Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers by Japan artist

Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers

Japan artist · first half of the 15th century

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Palette

Pearl grey
 25% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.1:1
Ash
 24% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.3:1
Smoke
 17% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.7:1
Raw umber
 15% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1
Caramel
 14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.7:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.8:1

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
first half of the 15th century
Type
Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium
Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application on nashiji ground; gilt bronze fittings
Size
H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm); D. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Place
Japan
Period
14th century
Themes
Flowers
Main colour
Grey · lightness 61, colourfulness 11

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, John and Pauline Gandel Gift and Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund, 2019. 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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