The Silk of Virtue Exhibition represents more than just an art showcase; it stands as a bridge between cultures, connecting ...

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

I am sitting with the painting now ... years ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman Empire appeared, silk was already cultivated in China and exported on ...

“[It is a] marriage of ancient patterning ... old textile innovation: the art of silk jacquard weaving.” The technique is believed to have been developed in China around the second century ...

paintings, and ancient ceramics shattering world records. A 10-metre-long triptych entitled Juin-Octobre 1985 by Zao Wou-Ki – one of the 20th century’s most prominent Chinese painters ...

This painting from the bottom of a bowl is one of the earliest depictions of a cat from China, dating to ... likely via the famous Silk Road trading route, ancient feline DNA reveals.