Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Ruyi scepter with poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor

Ruyi scepter with poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor

1734–1766

Medium: Bamboo veneer, silk
Dimensions: W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); L. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
Genre: Woodwork
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Ruyi scepter with poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor by — VisualArtsDB