Images of Silk along the Silk Roads: Dunhuang Mural Paintings and Tang Funerary Figurines

W Sha - Beyond the Silk and Book Roads, 2023 - brill.com
Silk was one of the major commodities of the Silk Road trade; furthermore, juan-silk, or
undyed tabby silk, even functioned as currency in China since the Han (206 BCE–220 CE) …

Images of Silk along the Silk Roads: Dunhuang Mural Paintings and Tang Funerary Figurines

S Wutian - Studies on East Asian Religions, 2024 - brill.com
The term “Silk Road,” derives from historical trade along the Eurasian routes, of which the
trade of silk was a crucial component. In fact, silk's status as both commodity and currency in …