Landscape

Hu Yuan

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hu Yuan's fan is inscribed as follows: The rains cease and the maple forest turns bright in the sunset. On the deserted mountain a lonely man is refreshed by the spring run. [Trans. from Ellsworth et al., Later Chinese Painting]

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