Chinese Color AtlasHERITAGE · OBJECT & MOTIF RECORD
THE MET OPEN ACCESS · CC0
REVIEWED 2026-07-22
REVIEWED 2026-07-22
Box with boys playing in a garden
Box with boys playing in a garden
Covered box · 27.119.26a, b
Box with boys playing in a garden
Box with boys playing in a garden
A circular garden-and-children scene creates a central narrative framed by a continuous border.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 27.119.26a, b ↗Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗
01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
What this relationship means
The object informs garden, childhood, and gathering compositions. Its Spring Festival link is editorial, not a claim of festival-specific use.
02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS
Forms to observe
03 · EDITORIAL COLOR
A design reading, not a reconstruction
△ 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