Footed Tray with Figures in a Landscape

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

During the Edo period, luxury basketry items sometimes received rich lacquer decoration, as with this rare red-lacquer footed tray. Made in Ryūkyū (Okinawa) and embellished with a Chinese landscape, it indicates an extensive artistic exchange between the Ryūkyū Islands and China.

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