ASIAN ARTS. — Volume XLIV, 1989. - Lot 39

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ASIAN ARTS. — Volume XLIV, 1989. - Lot 39
ASIAN ARTS. — Volume XLIV, 1989. Paris, École française d'Extrême-Orient—Musée national des Arts asiatiques Guimet—Musée Cernuschi, 1989. Quarto, 149 pp., numerous illustrations, photographs, archaeological surveys, and drawings in the text, in black and white and in color. Paperback, cover illustrated with a Buddhist sculpture. 22 × 27 cm. ISBN 978-2-85539-826-6. The forty-fourth volume of this major scholarly journal devoted to the arts and archaeology of Asia, published by the École française d’Extrême-Orient in collaboration with the CNRS and the Guimet and Cernuschi museums. Founded in 1924, *Arts Asiatiques* is one of France’s leading journals in this field, bridging the gaps between academic research, archaeology, and museum collections. This is a very rich issue featuring, among others: Roland Besenval and Abdullah Isakov, “Sarazm and the Beginnings of Agricultural Settlement in the Samarkand Region”; W.-H. Siddiqi, “Discovery of the Remains of a Tughluq-Period Terraced Garden in New Delhi”; Charles Higham, “Social Organization at Khok Phanom Di, Central Thailand (2000–1500 B.C.)”; Jean Boisselier, “An Angkorian Head of Harihara”; Gilles Béguin and France Drilhon, “A Newar Bodhisattva at the Guimet Museum”; Robert Jera-Bezard and Monique Maillard, “The Role of Banners and Portable Paintings in Central Asian Buddhist Rituals”; Lothar von Falkenhausen, “Niuzhong, Chime-Bells of Eastern Zhou China”; Jessica Rawson, “Chu Influences on the Development of Han Bronze Vessels”; Craig Clunas, “Chinese Art and Chinese Artists in France (1924–1925).” This is followed by sections devoted to the activities of the Guimet and Cernuschi museums, various articles—notably on the arrival at the Guimet Museum of the Didelot Avalokiteśvara, the Lionel Fournier collection, Japonism, and ancient Chinese bronzes—as well as a collection of book reviews. A particularly interesting publication due to the geographical and chronological scope of the studies presented: Central Asia, India, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Japan, and the Himalayan region, ranging from prehistoric archaeology to 20th-century Sino-European artistic exchanges. A good copy. Some scuffing, scratches, and signs of wear on the cover; corners slightly scuffed; interior clean and well-preserved.
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