Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

The second floor's Asian Art galleries gather an impressive and vast array of Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Southeast Asian sculpture, painting, ceramics and metalwork, as well as an indoor replica of a Chinese garden. Fourteen recently renovated and expanded galleries showcase Chinese painting, calligraphy, jade, lacquer and textiles, making this collection one of the largest in the world.

The highlight is the Chinese Garden Court , a serene, minimalist retreat enclosed by the galleries, and the adjacent Ming Room , a typical salon decorated in period style with wooden lattice doors. The naturally lit garden is representative of one found in Chinese homes - a pagoda, small waterfall and stocked goldfish pond landscaped by limestone rocks, trees and shrubs conjure up an inordinate sense of peace.

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