| Showing from tomorrow (December 21) until March 19 next year at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, "The Silk Road: Treasures from Xinjiang" exhibition features 115 treasures collected from various museums, archaeological institutions and cultural departments in Xinjiang. On display are rarely seen gold ornaments, bronze ware, wooden slips with Kharosthi script, textile products, Zoroastrian funerary items, relics of Manichaeism and Buddhism, revealing the diverse cultural developments of the Western Regions from the Bronze Age to the 14th century. Pictured is a pottery female figure at work made in Tang dynasty (618-907). The woman is dressed with a fold-over top and a long skirt. Her hair is in tall buns, with rouge on her face, forming a vivid domestic scene of milling. It is a rather unusual theme for Tang funerary figures to be depicted as being at work, making the relic a rare find. |
