Plucking Chrysanthemums

Ink painting · 2001.746.1

Plucking Chrysanthemums

DATEQing dynasty

CULTUREChina

MEDIUMInk on paper

INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figures and chrysanthemums are organized in restrained ink, revealing autumnal negative space and the relation between image and inscription.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2001.746.1 ↗
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The catalog notes an inscription connected to the eve of Double Ninth. The editorial palette is not a reconstruction of the work's original color.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

chrysanthemumflower gatheringautumnal negative space

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Jin Se#EACD76

Pale Yellow#F0C239

Sandalwood#B26D5D

Mysterious Black#622A1D

△ 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