The V&A is the custodian of an important collection of textile fragments, ceramic and Buddhist art objects which were brought back from the Silk Road region by Sir Marc Aurel Stein at the beginning of the 20th century.
Sir Aurel Stein
Sir Marc Aurel Stein was born in Budapest in 1862. He studied Sanskrit, Old Persian, Indology and philology at the universities of Vienna, Leipzig and Tübingen, and map-ma…
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The Silk Road & the V&A Stein collection
The Silk Road was the collection of routes across Central Asia which connected China and the Far East with the Mediterranean and the Far West. Trade routes through the arid…
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The Silk Road finds - Map 1
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Astana, Karakhoja, Loulan, Mingoi, Ushak-tal, Yar-khoto
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The Silk Road finds - Map 2
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Dunhuang, Hami, Kharakhoto and the Limes Watchtowers
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The Silk Road finds - Map 3
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Akterek, Balawaste, Chalma-Kazan, Darabzandong, Farhad-Beg-yailaki, Kara-Yantak, Karadong, Khadalik, Khotan, Mazartagh, Maza…
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The Silk Road finds - Map 4
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Endere, Miran and Miran Fort.
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The Silk Road finds - Map 5
The Silk Road collections at the V&A - finds at Ganzhou and Suoyangcheng
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The Stein Collection - resources
Books and articles on the Stein collection, textiles and the Silk Road.
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The Gilbert Collection at the V&A
Arthur and Rosalind Gilbert began collecting in the 1960s and over a period of about 40 years formed one of the world's most magnificent private colle…
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