The earliest specimen of woodblock printing on paper, whereby individual sheets of paper were pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved into them, was discovered in 1974 in an excavation of Xi'an (then called Chang'an, the capital of Tang China), Shaanxi, China. It is a dharani sutra printed on hemp paper and dated to 650 to 670 CE, during the Tang dynasty(618–907) Another printed document dating to the early half of the Chinese Tang dynasty has also been found, the Saddharmapunṇḍarīka sutra or Lotus Sutra printed from 690 to 699.

This drawing of a woman playing flute is Yang Yuhua (719-756 CE), better known as Yang Gueifei, the favourite consort of Tang Emperor Xuanzong.

Painted Beetle (one) 11”x14” Giclee Print is printed with pigment ink on archival paper and shipped signed.