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Interweaving Cultures along the Silk Road(s)

Sherry Fowler, curator
Kate Meyer, curator

September 4, 2020–December 13, 2020

https://www.spencerart.ku.edu/virtual-exhibition/interweaving-cultures-along-silk-roads

This virtual exhibition is organized in conjunction with the symposium “Visual and Material Culture of the Silk Road(s).” It features objects from the Spencer Museum of Art that reflect historical and contemporary cultural influences related to the Silk Road, a 19th century term for the different trade routes that flourished between Europe and Asia from the 2nd century BCE to the mid-15th century.

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Works of art

textile fragment — textile fragment, 1700s or 1800s, Qajar period (1794–1925)

woman's pleated wedding skirt — woman's pleated wedding skirt, 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

Coptic textile fragment — Coptic textile fragment, Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)

Coptic textile fragment — Coptic textile fragment, Coptic period (300 CE–700 CE)

tea bowl — tea bowl, 1500s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

covered box — covered box, 1200s–1300s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Kundika (water vessel) — Kundika (water vessel), circa 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Kashmir shawl — Kashmir shawl, circa 1875–1899

textile fragment — textile fragment, 1800s

woman's tunic (aba) — woman's tunic (aba), 1800s–early 1900s

embroidered cloth — embroidered cloth, 1800s–early 1900s

sutra (in Pali) — sutra (in Pali), late 1800s

plate, John Rogers & Sons — John Rogers & Sons

plate, 1815–1842

saucer — saucer, mid 1800s

bowl, Petrus Regout — Petrus Regout

bowl, circa 1891–early 1900s

teapot with cover, Worcester Porcelain Company — Worcester Porcelain Company

teapot with cover, circa 1750–1780

Daoist priest's robe (jiangyi) — Daoist priest's robe (jiangyi), late 1800s or early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Bactrian camel (tomb figure) — Bactrian camel (tomb figure), 800s, Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Bodaichū Kodaisō attended by the Physician Shini Andōzen, Utagawa Kuniyoshi — Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Bodaichū Kodaisō attended by the Physician Shini Andōzen, circa 1827–1830, Edo period (1600–1868)

Camel Riders on Tianshan, Li Shan — Li Shan

Camel Riders on Tianshan, 1979

Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities — Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities, 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period

Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai) — Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai), circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)

untitled (chinoiserie design), Anne Allen; Jean-Baptist Pillement — Anne Allen; Jean-Baptist Pillement

untitled (chinoiserie design), circa 1796

obi — obi, 1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Shakyamuni undergoing austerities, Kanō Kazunobu — Kanō Kazunobu

Shakyamuni undergoing austerities, mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Vairocana — Vairocana, 1454, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

votive tablet (tsa-tsa) — votive tablet (tsa-tsa), 1700s–1800s

Kannon (Avalokitesvara) — Kannon (Avalokitesvara), 1300s–late 1400s, Nambokuchō period (1337–1392) to Muromachi period (1338–1573)

Tsukiyo no tajimaharu, dai shi (Moonlight at Taj Mahal No. 4), Yoshida Hiroshi — Yoshida Hiroshi

Tsukiyo no tajimaharu, dai shi (Moonlight at Taj Mahal No. 4), 1931, Showa period (1926–1989)

Hyakuman-tō (three-tiered pagoda) — Hyakuman-tō (three-tiered pagoda), 1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

bianhu (pilgrimage flask) with dancing monkey — bianhu (pilgrimage flask) with dancing monkey, 600–700s, early Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Monsieur Drovetti et sa suite mesurant un fragment de colosse dans la haute Egypte (Mr. Drovetti and his followers measure a fragment of a colossus in Upper Egypt), Godefroy Engelmann — Godefroy Engelmann

Monsieur Drovetti et sa suite mesurant un fragment de colosse dans la haute Egypte (Mr. Drovetti and his followers measure a fragment of a colossus in Upper Egypt), 1819

indigo cloth, unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist — unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist

indigo cloth, 1980

Daruma — Daruma, early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

wrap skirt, unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist — unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist

wrap skirt, 1979

Orchestre sous-marine (Underwater Orchestra), Jellal Ben Abdallah — Jellal Ben Abdallah

Orchestre sous-marine (Underwater Orchestra), 1969

Kali, Calcutta Art Studio — Calcutta Art Studio

Kali, circa 1890

Toile, Yoonmi Nam — Yoonmi Nam

Toile, 2012

郭汾陽行樂圖 Gwakbunyang hyangrakdo (Guo Ziyi‘s Enjoyment-of-Life Banquet Screen) — 郭汾陽行樂圖 Gwakbunyang hyangrakdo (Guo Ziyi‘s Enjoyment-of-Life Banquet Screen), early 1800s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)