Long Side Table

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This table was probably used as an altar along with a complement of ritual vessels for performing the prescribed ancestral memorials. The slightly splayed end panels, reticulated with roundels of dragons, are set into shoe feet.

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