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Lot 197
Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020
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Live / Chicago
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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.
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。
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection

