Samsung Foundation of Culture Samsung Foundation of Culture ‘Unsullied, Like a Lotus in Mud’ at the Hoam Museum of Art ‘Unsullied, Like a Lotus in Mud’ at the Hoam Museum of Art Japanese Prints at the Worcester Art Museum Japanese Prints at the Worcester Art Museum Three Tucci Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Three Tucci Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art RagamalaRagamala Painting at the Yale University Art Gallery Painting at the Yale University Art Gallery AmarbayasgalantAmarbayasgalant Dragons at the Minneapolis Institute of Art Dragons at the Minneapolis Institute of Art Depictions of Chinese Porcelain at São Roque Church Depictions of Chinese Porcelain at São Roque Church Patchwork Textiles in Rural China Patchwork Textiles in Rural China Sneha Shrestha Sneha Shrestha CELEBRATING 55 YEARS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 | US$22/HK$130 ‘Silk Roads’ at the British Museum ‘Silk Roads’ at the British Museum ‘Asian Bronze’ at the Rijksmuseum ‘Asian Bronze’ at the Rijksmuseum 40th Anniversary Exhibition at the Shokoku-ji Jotenkaku Museum 40th Anniversary Exhibition at the Shokoku-ji Jotenkaku Museum ‘Staging the Supernatural’ at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art ‘Staging the Supernatural’ at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art 'Splendid Patchwork’ at Minneapolis Institute of Art Paintings of Fu Baoshi 'Splendid Patchwork’ at Minneapolis Institute of Art Paintings of Fu Baoshi COVER: Miraculous Image of Liangzhou Found at Cave 17, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang China; Tang dynasty (618–907), c. 8th century Silk thread on silk with hemp backing; 241 × 159 cm British Museum (MAS,0.1129), Stein Collection Photo © The Trustees of the British Museum (see p. 20) Volume 55 Number 5 | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024 18 Silk Roads at the British Museum Yu-ping Luk 24 Glass Vessels from 4th to 6th Century Silla Tombs Yoon Sangdeok 30 Exploring the Making of Tang Silverware from the British Museum Collection Alessandro Armigliato, Yu-ping Luk, Laura Perucchetti, Ruiliang Liu, Janet Lang Publisher and Editor Yifawn Lee Copyeditors Kelly Flynn, Deanna Lee Editorial Assistant Haoyang Zhao Designer Fred Young Subscriptions and Circulation Juliette Baxter 38 Reconstructing Dunhuang Textiles and Their Methods of Production: A China–UK Collaboration Zhao Feng, Yu-ping Luk, Diego Tamburini, Wang Shujuan, Liu Jian, Long Bo 47 From Cocoons to Kaftans: Splendid Silks at the Sogdian Court in Samarkand Zumrad Ilyasova 57 Asian Bronze: 4000 Years of Beauty Sara Creange, Anna A. Ślączka, William Southworth, Ching-Ling Wang