Excellent Ox

Excellent Ox, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Colors in this work

Artist: Kamakura-period artist
Date: 13th century
Holding institution: Tokyo National Museum
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BEA484 · 68%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AA9275 · 11%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #39362F · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9F896C · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #907D63 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #6E624F · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D3B997 · 2%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #312D2C · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #2B2D29 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DBC5A0 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #A29B7C · <1%

Charred Umber · Black family · #1F1D18 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B6905E · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #2D2A2E · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #565850 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #262A29 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #928C80 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AA846E · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Tokyo National Museum

6 tags

Animals Both · 99%

The title identifies an ox, and the image visibly presents one large ox as the dominant subject.
Animal Portrait Visual · 92%

A single individual animal is isolated and rendered with attention to its head, horns, body, stance, and anatomy, supporting an animal-portrait classification.

Sparse Visual · 96%

The ox is surrounded by a broad, largely unoccupied pale field with no detailed setting or secondary figures.
Earth Tones Visual · 96%

The image is dominated by muted tan, brown, and near-black tones, producing an overall earth-tone palette.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the 13th century, which falls within the 1000–1400 CE period category.

Japanese Art Metadata · 97%

The catalog identifies the work as Japanese and associates it with a Kamakura-period artist.

Kamakura-period artist. http://www.emuseum.jp/detail/100261/000

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