ISBN10: 8185689040, ISBN13: 9788185689043, [publisher: Pradeep Kumar Goel/Aditya Prakashan] Hardcover First Edition. A bright, clean, tight copy in a MYLAR PROTECTIVE COVER. "A study of Chinese Buddhist sculpture of the Liao dynasty (907-1125), both those in situ as well as those in public collections. They are of the greatest importance as resources for the study of a larger number of sculptures in the USA, Europe and Asia. They have been thoroughly examined by Professor Marilyn Leidig Gridley for charting the development of style, iconography and patronage during a vital period of Buddhist activity in north China. The Liao sculptures provide important correctives to many generalizations about Buddhist art in China during these centuries." 204 text pages followed by 132 pages of black and white plates of Chinese Buddhist sculptures with accompanying descriptive captions. Book also includes 3 full page black and white maps: 1. Liao Capitals and Other Important Sites. 2. Capitals of Liao, Sung, and Pei Han. 3. Sixteen Provinces and I-Chou. LC1
[Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]