Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Chinese Art from the Silk Route by Roderick Whitfield and Anne Farrer / Anne Farrer (Ed.) - 1990

Hardback. Very Good.

British Museum Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

British Museum Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

British Museum Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Edition 1990. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: British Museum Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: sumptuous colour photo-cover. Price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top edge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Over 150 colour & 75 b/w photos.* Pages: 192 pp. text. xvi pp. Chronology, lists, bibliography & index at rear.* Description: Nearly a thousand years ago a magnificent collection of Buddhist paintings, textiles and manuscripts was walled up in a cave at Dunhuang in Western China. Although the cave was rediscovered about 1900, it was not until 1907 that the archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein recognised the significance of these fine images on silk and paper from the Tang… Read More