Calligraphy Couplet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rare spotted bamboo serves as the background for a poetic couplet embroidered in blue silk threads wrapped around bamboo slats. The poem reads: The green paulownias are as clear as a spotless reputation, The heavenly dew as lustrous as literary pearls.

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