The Metropolitan Museum of Art contains one of the most comprehensive and important collections of Chinese art in the Western world. Extending from the Neolithic period to modern times, Chinese history unfolds through the Museum's holdings in calligraphy, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, carvings, metalware, textiles, and lacquerware.

           


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