Hermitage Amsterdam Silk Road Exhibition preview

In the Hermitage Amsterdam will be held the exhibition "Expedition Silk Road, Treasures from the Hermitage from 1 March till 5 September 2014.
For more information about this exhibition, click HERE

On the website from the exhibition you can find a preview of some of the objects to be exhibited.
Following a selection of some of the items to be shown.
For a more detailed and extensive list, click HERE

Head of a Monk (Buddha’s Pupil Ananda?) Dunhuang, China, 8th–9th century Loess, clay, paint 
                                                                                       © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Bodhisattva Turfan, Xinjiang, Bezeklik, 11th century Fresco-secco wall painting 

                                                                                           © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

 

Figure of a Noble Tokharian Female Donor Kucha, Xinjiang, Kyzil, 5th (?) century Fresco-secco  wall painting                                                                       © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Winged Demon Warrior, Ustrushana, Shahristan (Tajikistan), 8th–9th century, Fresco-secco wall painting                                                                                  © State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Bodhisattva, Dunhuang, 8th–9th century. Loess, clay, wood; painted
© State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Goddess of Victory
Chorasmia, Toprak-Kala, 3rd–4th century
Clay; moulded, painted
© State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Merchant with Donkey and Camel
Turfan, Xinjiang, Bezeklik, 11th century
Fresco-secco wall painting
© State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg