EditorialPainted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Dandan-oilik, Khotan oasis, Xinjiang province, China, 6th CE.Before the advent of Islam in the 8th century, Khotan was a thriving kingdom along the Southern Silk Route. Dandan-o...
EditorialHigh dunes south of Camp 328. 1906-08. Sir Marc Aurel Stein's caravan marching over high dunes in Taklamakan, south of Tarim River. Hassan Akhun and Turdi with the camels; Naik Ram Singh behind on left. Originally published/produced in 1906-08. . Sour...
EditorialHigh dunes south of Camp 328. 1906-08. Sir Marc Aurel Stein's caravan marching over high dunes in Taklamakan, south of Tarim River. Hassan Akhun and Turdi with the camels; Naik Ram Singh behind on left. Originally published/produced in 1906-08. . Sour...
EditorialCarpet, late 18th?early 19th century, Attributed to present-day China, Kashgar, Cotton (warp and weft) silk (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, H. 174 in. (442 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Carpets woven in the former silk road settlements of Kashgar, Yarkand, ...
EditorialPainted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Dandan-oilik, Khotan oasis, Xinjiang province, China, 6th CE.Before the advent of Islam in the 8th century, Khotan was a thriving kingdom along the Southern Silk Route. Dandan-o...