INDIA — BUDDHIST ART — SCULPTURE - Lot 166

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INDIA — BUDDHIST ART — SCULPTURE - Lot 166
INDIA — BUDDHIST ART — SCULPTURE COHN (William). — Indische Plastik. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer Verlag, 1921. Square 8vo, VII–87 pp., 161 black-and-white plates and 3 illustrations in the text, publisher’s illustrated cardboard binding, beige cloth spine. First edition, constituting the second volume of the series *Die Kunst des Ostens*, edited by William Cohn. The bibliography of the Heidelberg University Library confirms the 1921 Berlin edition and its composition of 161 plates. An important study devoted to Indian sculpture and its development from the earliest manifestations of Buddhist art to the great medieval schools of India and Southeast Asia. Cohn deliberately views Indian sculpture as an art form in its own right and not merely as an ethnographic or religious document. The work successively examines ancient sculptures from the 3rd–2nd centuries BCE, Kushan art, the Gupta and Pala periods, the rock-cut temples of western India, the sculpture of Orissa, Jain art, and the sculptures and bronzes of southern India and Ceylon, before expanding to the complexes of Angkor and Java. The extensive iconography—161 photographic plates—includes reproductions of the major complexes at Amaravati, Sanchi, Ajanta, Elephanta, Ellora, and Bhubaneswar, as well as numerous Buddhist and Hindu sculptures. It remains an interesting testament to the state of knowledge and archaeological photography in the early 20th century. This copy is preserved in its original illustrated cardboard binding, with the front cover featuring a large photograph of a seated Buddha. The cardboard cover is slightly soiled and rubbed, with a few small stains and signs of wear at the edges and corners; the cloth spine is in generally good condition. An old handwritten call number appears on the title page. The interior is fresh and well-preserved.
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