Box with Figures in Landscape

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The four characters on the cover read tianxi taiping, or “all is well under heaven,” a common wish often written on porcelains in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.

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