Presenting the Tripod

Presenting the Tripod

Wang Xuehao

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

As a youth, Wang Xuehao studied with a grandson of Wang Yuanqi, who trained him in the elements that made the elder Wang’s manner so beloved: loose dotting, bold interplays of solid and void, and a studied awkwardness of line that somehow never departed from elegance. Wang Xuehao shows his mastery of this style in this short handscroll, which depicts the scholar and art collector Ruan Yuan donating a famous ancient bronze vessel to a Buddhist monastery.

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.