Lot 281* - A217AS Art d'Asie : Himalaya, Chine - mardi, 16. juin 2026, 10h00
STEIN, AUREL AND BINYON, LAURENCE: THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS
Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave Temples of Tun-Huang on the Western Frontier of China, London: Bernard Quaritch 1921. First Edition, 3 volumes, comprising ([vol.1], text), folio (400 x 315mm.), xii, 65pp., original printed grey wrappers; ([vol.2], large folio (645 x 520mm.), and 33 coloured or tinted photographic plates, numbered I-XXXIII, preserved loose (as issued) within original brown cloth-packed portfolio, cloth ties; ([vol.3], containing supplementary plates, folio (400 x 305mm.), 15 coloured or tinted photographic plates, numbered XXXIV-XLVIII, within original printed grey envelope. All plates present.
First edition of a collection of plates reproducing images of ancient Buddhist paintings discovered during the 1906-1908 second central-Asian journey with descriptions by Stein and an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Vendu pour CHF 2 250 (frais inclus)