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 ...

Visitors look at paintings and videos of the silk handscroll depicting a historically important trip by China's longest-serving Emperor Kangxi in this photo, originally taken in June 2010.

Chinese paintings were not intended for display over long periods and owing to their production on silk or paper, tend to be fragile. Typically, a Chinese scroll painting would be stored rolled up ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--A silk painting dating to the time of Toyotomi ... The image, which is mounted on a hanging scroll and features the son and designated successor of renowned warlord ...

A centuries-old painting of a lioness on a leash ... animal trade between the emperor and tributary states along the Silk Road. The Lioness, measuring over two metres high and nearly three ...

According to officials, the three gift items, representing the rich traditional art culture of the country, will be presented to the spouses of the G20 leaders. A Cheriyal scroll painting from ...

His chosen object which lets him travel the ancient Silk Route is a fragile painting telling a story of "industrial espionage". It comes from the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan, now in Western China ...