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Pal, Pratapaditya, Illustrated By Lionel Fournier

A Buddhist Paradise: The Murals of Alchi - Western Himalayas

Hong Kong: Ravi Kumar, 1982,

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Author
Pal, Pratapaditya, Illustrated By Lionel Fournier
Publishers
Hong Kong: Ravi Kumar, 1982
Keyword
Central Asia
Cover description
Fine
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

4to Black cloth in dj , 67p. text, ca. 100 pages color plates, notes, index, bibiliography. SCARCE A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 3000 COPIES Seen by very few visitors until recently, the monastic complex of of Alchi, nestled in a beautiful valley in Ladakh Himalayas, has miraculously preserved Buddhist wall paintings of unmatched splendor. No less exciting than those at Ajanta or Dunhuang, they are important for the history of Tibetan culture, and a great significance to Kashmiri art as well. This is the first major monograph on the subject, with copious color photographs. The murals were done between the 11th & 13th centuries. the celebrated Indian art historian & field authority describes & illustrates these murals in great detail.