The Metropolitan Museum's collection of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture is the largest in the Western world. In this lavish, comprehensive volume, archaeological discoveries and scientific testing and analysis serve as the basis for a reassessment of 120 works ranging in date from the 4th to the 19th century, many of them previously unpublished. In addition to detailed discussions of fifty masterpieces - a heterogeneous group including portable shrines carved in wood, elegant bronze icons, monumental stone ...
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The Metropolitan Museum's collection of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture is the largest in the Western world. In this lavish, comprehensive volume, archaeological discoveries and scientific testing and analysis serve as the basis for a reassessment of 120 works ranging in date from the 4th to the 19th century, many of them previously unpublished. In addition to detailed discussions of fifty masterpieces - a heterogeneous group including portable shrines carved in wood, elegant bronze icons, monumental stone representations of the Buddha, colourful glazed-ceramic figures, and more - the catalogue presents a groundbreaking study of the methods used in crafting the sculptures. An introductory essay provides an indispensable overview of Buddhist iconography and explores the fascinating dialogue between Indian and Chinese culture that underlies the transmission of Buddhism into China.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 248pp, quarto, hc w/jacket, tight binding, clean throughout, flat and colorful pages, bright backstrip titles, sharp corners, clean boards, clean and colorful jacket with touches of wear.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 12x10x1; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011; no additional printings indicated. VG hardcover and dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; tan cloth boards in VG condition, corners sharp, stamped brown titling remains bold; photos, illustrations and text also very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for domestic priority/expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.