Throckmorton Fine Art is pleased to present an expansive exhibit of small-scale works of art from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), an era of openness and prosperity in Chinese history. Some fifty ...
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The Tragic Fate of Princess Yongtai

Princess Yongtai lived during China’s golden Tang Dynasty — a time of art, culture, and imperial power. Yet her life ended ...
The Dunhuang Museum is a newfound fount of history in Gansu province's desert — an oasis from which the past wells up into ...
Archaeologists in China have uncovered an exquisitely decorated single-chamber brick tomb from the Tang Dynasty (C.E. 618-907). Discovered during construction in Taiyuan, in the northern Shanxi ...
To understand Chinese culture, it is necessary to go back to the very beginning of its civilisation. In this series, we look at the most influential dynasties in Chinese history and how each, with its ...
A road project in Shanxi Province uncovered a Tang dynasty tomb from 736 AD, adorned with murals depicting daily life, including grinding flour, making pasta, and leading horses. The paintings feature ...
The artwork seemingly depicted a blonde-haired man. Throughout history, central Asia has been a meeting point for various cultures that came in contact with each other on the Silk Road trading routes.
A Tang dynasty tomb unearthed in China dates from the 700s, and the murals on its walls give an unprecedented view of daily life at the time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
At an ancient Tang Dynasty site in Hebei Province, south of Beijing, archaeologists discovered a rare ceramic sculpture. Siyi via Unsplash Seven years into excavations at a Tang Dynasty site in ...