LE COQ, Albert vonBiblio.com
Die buddhistische Spätantike in Mittelasien. Ergebnisse der Kgl. Preussischen Turfan-Expeditionen.
ref. H8RD8098RU6BBerlin 1973. 355 x 26 cm; atlas 54 x 365 cm. Dietrich Reimer Uniform decorated brown cloth. With a total of 185 plates in the text volumes 22 plates in the atlas volume mostly in black and white some in colour and numerous illustrations in text. 6 text volumes and 1 atlas. 29; 62; 53; 29; 32; 89; 80 pp. Reprint of the first edition of a work on archeology in China published in the years 1922-1933 written by the German orientalist and archaeologist Albert von Le Coq 1860-1930. From 1902 to 1914 Le Coq led three of the four German expeditions to the Turfan or Turpan area in Xingjian China. "The principal spoils of these expeditions were literary. Vast numbers of Chinese manuscripts were obtained from every center both secular and religious. Besides securing manuscripts these expeditions examined caves decorated with stucco figures and with frescoes " Couling. The text gives a brief history of the expeditions the different sites they excavated including grottoes and temples which are also shown on some of the smaller illustrations followed by descriptions of the objects shown on the plates. "The civilization thus revealed is a mixture of Persian Indian Chinese Hellenic etc." Couling. All volumes in very good condition.l Cf. Couling pp. 32 578. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
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