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Silk Road (11)

Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road

Aruz, Joan, and Elizabetta Valtz Fino

(2012)

Along the Ancient Silk Routes: Central Asian Art from the West Berlin State Museums

Härtel, Herbert, and Marianne Yaldiz

(1982)

The Art of Gandhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Behrendt, Kurt A.

(2007)

Art of the Islamic World: A Resource for Educators

Ekhtiar, Maryam D. and Claire Moore, ed.

(2012)

"Buddhism and Silk: Reassessing a Painted Banner from Medieval Central Asia in The Met": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 55 (2020)

Wang, Michelle C., Xin Wen, and Susan Whitfield

(2020)

China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 A.D.

Watt, James C. Y., An Jiayao, Angela F. Howard, Boris I. Marshak, Su Bai, and Zhao Feng, with contributions by Prudence O. Harper, et al.

(2004)

Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia

Guy, John, with essays by Pierre Baptiste, Lawrence Becker, Bérénice Bellina, Robert L. Brown, Federico Carò, Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Janet G. Douglas, Arlo Griffiths, Agustijanto Indradjaya, Le Thi Lien, Pierre-Yves Manguin, Stephen A. Murphy, Ariel O'Connor, Peter Skilling, Janice Stargardt, Donna Strahan, U Thein Lwin, Geoff Wade, U Win Kyaing, Hiram Woodward, and Thierry Zéphir

(2014)

"A Man's Caftan and Leggings from the North Caucasus of the Eighth to Tenth Century: A Conservator's Report": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 36 (2001)

Kajitani, Nobuko

(2001)

Nishapur: Metalwork of the Early Islamic Period

Allan, James W.

(1982)

Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom

Lee, Soyoung and Denise Patry Leidy, with contributions by Ham Soon-seop, Huh Hyeong Uk, Insook Lee, Juhyung Rhi, Yoon Onshik, and Yoon Sangdeok

(2013)

When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles

Watt, James C. Y., and Anne E. Wardwell, with an essay by Morris Rossabi

(1997)