Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds

Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kamo naku ya kaze fuki-shiwamu mizu no omo A duck quacks— as the wind wrinkles the face of the water. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

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.