“Tea Harvest in China” shows trade ministers evaluating local crops at a trading center.

Perhaps Tando’s “Jade Ring Green” is among the baskets of this year’s crop.

Dune regions of the desert proved insurmountable obstacles to trade and forced caravans to skirt the northern and southern fringes of the Taklamakan.

Tantric symbol of the sun embraced by the moon captures the essence of the enlightenment energies made possible by the “sacred embrace.”

This Bon diety is much akin to “The Tark” who carries the dark elemental and primal aspects of the Bon religion.