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Silk Road

The caravan routes between Xi'an and Damascus drawn as mid-century travel posters: caravanserais and blue domes, oases and mountain passes, night camps and markets, in turquoise, lapis, apricot and desert sand.

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A walled caravanserai courtyard at dusk, its two storeys of arched rooms facing a tiled gateway, with camels resting by a pool.CaravanseraiNo. 1
A line of Bactrian camels walking a dune crest beneath the Milky Way and a new crescent moon.Night CrossingNo. 2
A city skyline at sunrise: ribbed turquoise domes, tiled gateways and minarets above a line of poplars.Blue DomesNo. 3
A tall madrasa gateway framed in lapis and turquoise tiles, its deep arch stepped with honeycomb niches.The PortalNo. 4
An irrigation channel runs straight towards a small domed village, lined with tall poplars and green fields, with dunes on the horizon.OasisNo. 5
A switchback track climbs towards a saddle beneath snow peaks, with a small caravan halfway up.High PassNo. 6
A brick domed market building with shop niches and a deep entrance arch, seen through a shaded archway lined with tiles.Bazaar DomeNo. 7
A tall brick minaret banded with patterned brickwork and a tiled ring, rising over a dark town at dusk under a crescent moon.Evening MinaretNo. 8
A ruined mud-brick fort with fluted round towers sits on a flat-topped hill above an empty desert, the sun low beside it.Desert FortNo. 9
Skeins of freshly dyed silk in turquoise, indigo, apricot and madder hang from poles in a courtyard beside a blue door, with dye vats below.Dyed SilkNo. 10
A town of flat-roofed houses with wooden balconies and a blue dome is reflected in a wide river, framed by two weeping willows.River TownNo. 11
Felt yurts glow beside a small fire on a high plain, camels resting nearby, with moonlit snow peaks and a sky full of stars.Night CampNo. 12
Terraced orchards of apricot trees in pale blossom step down a valley beneath snow mountains, with a few poplars among them.Apricot SpringNo. 13
A long brick bridge of pointed arches crosses a calm river at sunrise, its arches completed into rings by their reflections.Old BridgeNo. 14
Stalls under striped awnings are stacked with melons, pomegranates and watermelons in baskets, lit by small hanging lamps.Melon MarketNo. 15
A single snow peak and its foothills are mirrored in a still mountain lake under a clear sky.Still LakeNo. 16
A walled city gate between two crenellated towers with bands of tiles, with a short line of camels arriving across the sand.City GateNo. 17
A minimal night-blue map of oases joined by dotted routes, with small mountains, a winding river and a star in the corner.Oasis MapNo. 18
A pale salt flat cracked into a net of polygons stretches to the horizon at dawn, with a small caravan reflected on the edge.Salt FlatsNo. 19
A mulberry branch with leaves and dark berries lies across a turquoise ground scattered with pale silk cocoons.MulberryNo. 20
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