Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues, Vol. 2

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Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues, Vol. 2

北京文物精粹大系: 佛造像卷（下）

Author: Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series Committee & Beiijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics

Order No. 3159

ISBN-13: 9787200049008

ISBN-10: 720004900X

Binding: Hardcover, cloth

Publisher: Beijing Publishing House

Pub Year: 2004

Pages: 284, fully illustrated in color

Language: Simplified Chinese-English

Size: 8.5 x 11.5

Price: $79.95

This volume contains 165 scroll Buddha portrayals of Ming and Qing dynasty. Among them are 121 Shuilu painting of Ming and Qing dynasty selected from the Capital Museum and 44 thang-ka paintings of Qing Dynasty selected from Yonghe Palace and the Capital Museum.

Instruction: The following introduction to this book is in Chinese. If your computer doesn’t show Chinese characters, please right-click your mouse, select Encoding and then select Chinese Simplified to read in Chinese.

本卷收入明清时代卷轴式佛教造像绘画作品共165件，其中明清水陆画121件，清代唐卡44件。水陆画作品选自首都博物館，唐卡作品选自雍和宮及首博。雍和宮是清代北京最大的皇家藏传佛教寺庙，所藏唐卡有西藏宗教领袖进献的皇家敕赐的以及在京喇嘛为寺院绘造的，多为精品，具有较强的欣赏性和资料性。

Series Introduction:

The abundant and valuable cultural relics of Beijing are an important component of China’s cultural heritage, but for many years, these treasures can be seen only in museums or at some exhibitions. The publication of “Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series” makes it possible for the general readership to have a glimpse of these valuable treasures.

The series includes thousands of masterpieces selected from the collections of Beijing antiquarian units and museums and shows them in 16 volumes: Stone Carvings, Stone Inscriptions, Pottery and Porcelain (2 volumes), Jades, Bronzes, Ancient Bells, Buddhist Images, Gold and Silver Wares, Calligraphy, Paintings, Rare Ancient Books, Textiles and Embroidery, Furniture, and Works of Decorative Arts (2 volumes).

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