View of a Garden Villa

Yuan Jiang

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yuan Jiang was assisted in his work by a number of other artists, including his nephew Yuan Yao, who continued to practice the family style into the late eighteenth century. This handscroll, which is a close copy of Yuan Jiang's original composition, now in the Tianjin Municipal History Museum, records in detail the appearance of the Zhanyuan, or "Gazing Garden," of Nanjing, which was part of the estate of a Manchu official; thus, it preserves a valuable record of an otherwise lost garden of the early eighteenth century.

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