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Spring outing medallion

Spring outing medallion

Spring outing medallion

Carved medallion · 1993.176

Spring outing medallion

Spring outing medallion

DATELate Ming dynasty
CULTUREChina
MEDIUMIvory
INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

A circular relief of figures returning from a spring outing, useful for studying framing, movement, and density.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1993.176
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0)

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The catalog supports the spring-outing subject. Its Qingming connection is contextual and does not claim that the object was made for the festival.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

roundelspring outingfigural movement

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Moon White#D6ECF0
Cang Se#75878A

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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