[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]
STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

638 x 519 mm. Leaves of illustrated plates, some in color. Original box with silk ties.

LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies.

1978年《敦煌千佛洞》

本書是斯坦因 (Sir Aurel Stein)1921年原著的特別複刻版，由大英博物館委托京都臨川書店定制，共計400套。一百年前，斯坦因從掠走的敦煌文物中選取絹畫48幅，印成此書。序文由時任大英博物館東方繪畫部主任賓雍撰寫。臨川書店發行的複刻版，以沙色布面搭配五十余幅巨圖及詳細解説，開本巨大，兩人合力方能展閲。本書籌備時，這批絹畫已經過仔細修復，較之當年更爲明艷動人，值得收藏。

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Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art

[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]
STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]
STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art

[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

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[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]
STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.

[ARCHAEOLOGY—DUNHUANG]
STEIN, Marc Aurel (1862-1943). The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China. Kyoto: The Rinsen Book Co. Ltd., 1978.