BUDDHIST SCULPTURE IN CLAY: Early Western Himalayan Art - Late 10th to Early 13th Centuries by Christian Luczanits Prince Naris understood the skills

Prince Naris understood the skills of the craftsman

as well as other contributions on the history and composition of the Adoration

Through the knowing eye of the artist

stretch to limitless horizons

ISBN: 9781932476798

BUDDHIST SCULPTURE IN CLAY: Early Western Himalayan Art - Late 10th to Early 13th Centuries by Christian Luczanits Prince Naris understood the skillsLarge scale clay sculptures representing the main deities are characteristic of the earliest Tibetan Buddhist monuments and particularly for the monasteries and village temples built from the end of the 10th to the early 13th centuries in West Tibet and Ladakh. Commonly placed in the main niches along the central axis of the monuments these images of highest quality constitute a major source for the cultural and religious history of western Himalayan