Festival badge with five-clawed dragon surrounded by chrysanthemums

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this festival badge, worn by an official during court ceremonies, a dragon rises from a stylized primordial mountain landscape amid supernatural clouds. The inclusion of the fall-blooming chrysanthemum suggests that the badge was to be used for one of the autumn festivals.

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