Treasures of Tibetan Art : Collections of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195097130
ISBN-13
9780195097139
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 12th, 1996
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
1,520 grams
Dimensions
28.70 x 22.90 x 2.90 cms
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This catalogue opens with two essays about the history of the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art and the history of Tibetan Buddhism. It contains 169 objects from the museum's collections. It should be of interest to students of Tibetan studies and art historians.
Constructed between 1945 and 1947 by Jacques Marchais (professional name of Jacqueline Klauber), the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art in Staten Island houses more than 1200 pieces of Tibetan Buddhist art from China and Mongolia, dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Two essays about the history of the museum and the history of Tibetan Buddhism open the catalogue, which contains 169 objects from the museum''s collections.
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