Dish with figures in a landscape

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On this dish, a lady, her maid, and two young attendants walk toward a gentleman standing in a pavilion on a moonlit night. The scene suggests a romantic tryst and may derive from a woodcut illustration of a popular novel of the period.

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