BaoCang, ZhongGuo XiCang LiShi WenWu de Jia, Yang & Wang, Mingxing

Beijing: Zhao hua chu ban she, 2000. Hardcover. As new but with stamp and small sticker from the Rubel Asiatic Research Collection (sticker helpful to designate volume numbers).. Five Volumes, each hardbound with bright-colored cloth cover (red, yellow, green, ivory, blue) with debossed designs and gold Chinese characters. Page numbering, by vol. is: 225; 326; 316; 276; 245, with beautiful color plates (including several gatefolds) throughout each. End papers and place-holder ribbons to match cloth. Text entirely in Chinese. Vol. 1 begins with brief essay material. From then on, through to the appendices in Vol. 5, are hundreds of stunning color plates of every kind of Tibetan decorative art: Textiles (some fragments), musical instruments, stone work, exquisite architectural decor, ceramics, gold work, painted woodwork, cloisonne, illustrations, incense vessels, parchments, ivories, figurines, jades, paintings, tooled and decorated leather, masks, bronzes, basketry, arrowheads, petroglyphs and much… Leer más