Gourd-Shaped Bottle with Deer and Crane in Landscape

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Emblems of longevity, the deer and the crane are combined here with the Three Friends of Winter, the plum, bamboo, and pine, symbolic of endurance and longevity and harbingers of spring.

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