Chinese Color AtlasHERITAGE · OBJECT & MOTIF RECORD
THE MET OPEN ACCESS · CC0
REVIEWED 2026-07-22

Chrysanthemum print

Chrysanthemum print

Chrysanthemum print

Printed design · CP266

Chrysanthemum print

Chrysanthemum print

DATEPrinted 1922
CULTUREChina
MEDIUMPrint on paper
INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

White chrysanthemums on vermilion create a high-contrast repeat that clearly shows radiating petals and rhythm.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CP266
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0)

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The catalog supports the chrysanthemum motif. Its Double Ninth link follows documented flower-viewing traditions without claiming festival-specific manufacture.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

chrysanthemumradiating petalsrepeat pattern

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Vermilion#FF4C00
Jin Se#EACD76
Moon White#D6ECF0

These colors are selected from the Chinese Color Atlas for contemporary design use. They do not claim to measure or restore the object's original pigments.

04 · CONTINUE THE ATLAS

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