This painting on a wooden panel shows scenes from the Central Asian story of the Silk Princess. According to this legend, a Chinese princess smuggled the secret of how to make silk out of China ...

The painting comes from a Buddhist shrine in Khotan in Central Asia. This was just one of many oasis cities along the Silk Road. Silk and other goods were traded along this route from China to ...

Giant 8th-century Chinese silk scroll fetches a record £18m at auction. By DAILY MAIL ... Visitors examine the 24 metre Qianlong-dynasty painting representing a military parade at a action house ...

A painting exhibition featuring the ancient Silk Road kicked off in Jiangmen, ... Painting exhibition on Silk Road opens By Huang Zhiling (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-03-27 00:27.

The Donald B. Palmer Museum of the Springfield Free Public Library will present Collaborations, an exhibit by Springfield residents Helen Frank and JoAnn Holmes. SPRINGFIELD — The Donald B ...

In the northwest of China, Ningxia is like a shining pearl, embedded in an important point of the ancient Silk Road. Its unique cultural and tourism resources are like a resplendent and ...

The artwork created in his final years is a silk scroll painted with light colors using gradients to depict various vegetables and fruits, measuring approximately 280 centimeters long and 30 cm wide.

The 15th century painting of an envoy from Samarkand, a lioness and a lion tamer illustrates the gifting of exotic animals to Chinese emperors as tribute. Court officials did all they could to ...

A Cheriyal scroll painting from Telangana, a handwoven Tussar silk stole, and a handcrafted bell metal figurine of a woman made by artisans from Chattisgarh are among the gifts that first ladies ...