Box decorated with flowers and clouds

Box decorated with flowers and clouds

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

There is another lacquer box in the collection that has the same design schema with blossoms and leaves, clouds, and dots are arranged compositionally in the same manner. But the mother-of-pearl on this box takes center stage and nearly cover its entire surface.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.