Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection

Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection

at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oct 31, 2015 - Oct 11, 2016

Over the last forty years, the Metropolitan's collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy has grown to be one of the greatest in the world. Replete with masterpieces dating from the Tang dynasty (608–917) to the present, the collection encompasses the vast historical sweep of the brush arts of China, from meticulous court painting to fiercely brushed dragons to lyrical paintings by scholars.

This exhibition, presented in two rotations, will highlight the gems of the permanent collection in a chronological display, with an emphasis on works from the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties.