In this programme we're in the oasis kingdom of Khotan in Central Asia, which is where our painting ... a Chinese monopoly - had came to Khotan. The result was the story of the silk princess ...
Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Silk princess painting (made eighth century AD), from Chinese central Asia Once upon a time, in the high and far off days of long ago, there was a ...
Other mummies with facial paintings and tattoos have been found in the region and even the newly excavated cemetery, he noted. So it's possible that the Red Princess had facial painting or tattoos ...
Christie’s has described the Song dynasty (960-1279) artwork as “one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings”. Entitled Wood and Rock, the ink-on-paper handscroll depicts a dragon-like old ...
In this programme we're in the oasis kingdom of Khotan in Central Asia, which is where our painting ... a Chinese monopoly - had came to Khotan. The result was the story of the silk princess ...