Silk Road Serenity: Celebrating the Unity of Humanity and Nature
In the heart of a vast desert landscape, a magnificent sculpture carved from red sandstone, depicting an infant in a serene slumber, stands as a testament to the ancient ties between civilization and the natural environment. This remarkable piece, entitled
The Chinese perception of the Armenian merchant image
In 1944, Mathias Komor, a New York dealer (1909 - 1984), sold a Tang-dynasty (8thcentury BCE) small-scaled figurine (overall: 33.5 x 16.3 x 16.3 cm) to the Museum of FineArts, Boston, for $850. The current artifact is described in the