NEW YORK (REUTERS)- A new exhibit featuring massive statues, dragon-shaped roof ridge ornaments and art from the Yuan dynasty gives visitors a glimpse of ancient China that the first Westerners would have seen 700 years ago. “The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features 200 works of art. Many are being shown outside of China for the first time. It focuses on the era spanning the birth in 1215 of Khubilai Khan, Gengis Khan’s grandson and the Mongol founder of the Yuan dynasty, to its fall in 1368. “As you enter the galleries, you’ll discover the extraordinary world of Khubilai Khan, in a sense, as Marco Polo did,” said Thomas Campbell, the director of the museum. Khubilai Khan was the emperor who welcomed Marco Polo to China in 1275. The show, which opens on Tuesday and runs through January 2, is the museum’s largest exhibit about Asian art since “China: Dawn of a Gold