Female dancer

Female dancer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This figure and the others from the same ensemble (28.106.1-9) resemble the group of musicians and dancers excavated from the Tang dynasty Cen family tomb in Mengjin, Luoyang, Henan province.


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.