Wall panel with stone paintings

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Inscribed, on the round slab: “Autumn Mountains in Mist and Cloud. In the distance it looks like mist and cloud; as you get near you see that it is the void. From a Tang poem, [signed] Zhushan”; on the rectangular slab: “A Magical Tower after Snow. The snow-covered cliff in the sunset looks like a jade screen. From a Tang poem, [signed] Yibai.” Inscribed, on the round slab: “Morning Mist in a Spring Forest, inscribed by Zhushan jushi”; on the rectangular slab: “Overhanging Cliff and Sheer Wall. Inscribed by Yibai shanren at Shenjiang (the Huangpu River in Shanghai).”

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