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Features
China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD
Complementing the exhibition "China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD," this feature is organized by theme and includes images of more than sixty works of art and two geographical maps. Each image is accompanied by a discussion and is enabled with zoom technology.
Arts of Korea
Arts of Korea
Discover a Korean Dragon
Discover a Korean Dragon
The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki
The Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki
A Look at Chinese Painting
A Look at Chinese Painting
Look for the Symbol in the Sculpture
Look for the Symbol in the Sculpture
Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan
Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan
What Color is Celadon?
What Color is Celadon?


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Art-Related Links
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Currently on View
Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868
October 21, 2009–January 10, 2010
Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)
October 6, 2009–January 10, 2010
Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting
September 10, 2009–March 28, 2010
Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China
September 5, 2009–February 7, 2010
Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer
August 6, 2009–February 21, 2010
Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars
June 18, 2009–November 29, 2009
Reinstallation of the South Asia Galleries
Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture

Opened August 10, 2007


Upcoming Exhibitions
Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910–1997)
February 6, 2010–July 25, 2010
Celebration: The Birthday in Chinese Art
February 27, 2010–August 15, 2010
Epic India: Scenes from the Ramayana
March 31, 2010–September 19, 2010


Past Exhibitions
Arts of the Ming Dynasty: China’s Age of Brilliance
January 23, 2009–September 13, 2009
Living Line: Selected Indian Drawings from the Subhash Kapoor Gift
March 25, 2009–September 7, 2009
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400–1600
March 17, 2009–June 21, 2009
Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting: The Palm-Leaf Tradition
July 29, 2008–March 22, 2009
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632–1717)
September 9, 2008–January 4, 2009
Anatomy of a Masterpiece: How to Read Chinese Paintings
Through August 10, 2008
Krishna: Mythology and Worship
Through July 28, 2008
Beauty and Learning: Korean Painted Screens
March 11, 2008–June 1, 2008
Asian Lacquer: Masterpieces from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection
November 3, 2007–May 11, 2008
Bridging East and West: The Chinese Diaspora and Lin Yutang
September 15, 2007–February 10, 2008
Excellence and Elegance: Decorative Arts of the Eighteenth-Century Qing Court
August 25, 2007–November 25, 2007
Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art
February 10, 2007–August 26, 2007
Flowing Streams: Scenes from Japanese Art and Life
December 21, 2006–June 3, 2007
Mother-of-Pearl: A Tradition in Asian Lacquer
December 2, 2006–April 1, 2007
Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing
September 2, 2006–January 21, 2007
A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Autumn and Winter
June 22, 2006–December 3, 2006
The Four Seasons
January 28, 2006–August 13, 2006
The "Hundred Antiques" in Chinese Textiles
February 8, 2006–July 30, 2006
A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Spring and Summer
December 17, 2005–June 4, 2006
The Bishop Jades
March 30, 2004–February 12, 2006
Secular and Sacred: Scholars, Deities, and Immortals in Chinese Art
September 10, 2005–January 8, 2006
Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection
July 2, 2005–November 29, 2005
Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China
April 1, 2005–July 10, 2005
The Kano School: Orthodoxy and Iconoclasm
December 18, 2004–June 5, 2005
Chinese Painting: Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection
August 28, 2004–February 20, 2005
China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD
October 12, 2004–January 23, 2005
Hidden Jewels: Korean Art from the Mary Griggs Burke Collection
July 3, 2004–January 9, 2005
The Douglas Dillon Legacy: Chinese Painting for the Metropolitan Museum
March 12, 2004–August 8, 2004
Dreams of Yellow Mountain: Landscapes of Survival in Seventeenth-Century China
September 13, 2003–February 22, 2004
Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan
October 21, 2003–January 11, 2004
Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea and Japan
March 1, 2003–September 21, 2003
A Notable Acquisition of Japanese Textiles of the Edo Period (1615–1868)
June 25, 2003–September 21, 2003
The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection
October 1, 2002–March 2, 2003
Cultivated Landscapes: Reflections of Nature in Chinese Painting with Selections from the Collection of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill
September 10, 2002–February 9, 2003
Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes: The Eugene V. Thaw and Other New York Collections
October 1, 2002–January 5, 2003
When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting under the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
February 2, 2002–August 18, 2002
Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan
March 6, 2002–June 16, 2002
Courtly Radiance: Metalwork from Islamic India
September 25, 2001–May 5, 2002
Graceful Gestures: A Decade of Collecting Japanese Art
September 29, 2001–March 10, 2002
"Treasury of the World": Jeweled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals
October 18, 2001–January 13, 2002
A Millennium of Chinese Painting: Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection
September 8, 2001–January 13, 2002
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 30, 2001–August 19, 2001
The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West
October 3, 2000–January 14, 2001
The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection
September 15, 2000–January 7, 2001
The World of Scholars' Rocks: Gardens, Studios, and Paintings
February 1, 2000–August 20, 2000
Masterpieces of Japanese Art from the Mary Griggs Burke Collection
March 28, 2000–June 25, 2000
Korean Ceramics from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
January 25, 2000–June 11, 2000
The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection
September 3, 1999–January 9, 2000

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