Foliated dish with flowers and fruits

Foliated dish with flowers and fruits

Wan Yannian

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a rare example of Chinese painted enamel that bears its maker’s mark. Written in an archaic seal script, the mark on the bottom reads “made by Wan Yannian.” Historical documents tell us little about this artist or his workshop, but based on the style of his other pieces, the metalworker was likely active in the Canton area during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.