A Messenger is Dispatched: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this early Bilaspur miniature, a king seated on a terrace and flanked by attendants delivers a rolled up scroll or letter to a messenger. Trees and sky are visible beyond the wall of the terrace, and below an attendant stands guard in an archway of the front wall of the terrace court. To either side of him are water gardens.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art