Panel with Landscape

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The scenes on these two panels depict magnificent gardens within green hills overlooking bodies of water. Although we cannot accurately identify them, the buildings and scenery are comparable to those found in eighteenth-century woodblock illustrations of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing and the Mountain Resort in Chengde. It seems likely that these two pieces were once part of a series representing imperial retreats.

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