51. Liao Architecture
by Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman 
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Description: ISBN10: 0824818431, ISBN13: 9780824818432, [publisher: University of Hawaii Press Honolulu 1997] Hardcover 24.0 x 21.0cms, 500pp, b/w Ilusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper (sunnes spine) This is a study of the Buddhist halls, tombs and pagodas which the Qidan lords patronised in North China (Liao Dynasty c 950-1100 CE). It covers their timber frame tradition, their funerary tradition and architectural legacy. [Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1997]