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Fine. Asian Art Museum, 2005. Book. Fine. Soft cover. A lovely clean and unopened. Oversize softcover in its own flaps. Illustrated with 216 color photos and drawings. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA Library..
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VG (slight scuffs to covers, otherwise clean. ) Black & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 200 pp., color & BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2005 exhibitions of art from the kingdom of Ayutthaya, or "Siam, " as it was known in the West. "Despite the kingdom's power, prosperity, and influence, it was completely destroyed by a devastating invasion from neighboring Burma in 1767. As a result, many Ayutthaya artifacts, especially those made of fragile materials, were destroyed, and the kingdom's splendor gradually faded from memory. [This book]--the first exhibition of classical art from Thailand shown in the United States in more than thirty years--collects eighty-nine of the finest surviving works from Ayutthaya, drawn from collections in Thailand, Europe, and the United States; many of these are being displayed for the first time in the West. They include stone and bronze Buddha images, sculptures of Hindu deities, figural and decorative wood carvings, temple furnishings, illuminated manuscripts, jewelry, and textiles." (flap) With 6 thematic essays, a bibliography, and the annotate and illiustrated catalogue of all 89 pieces.