Pearls of the Orient : Asian treasures from the Wellcome Library /
Ed. by Nigel Allan.
- London : Serindia, 2003.
- 215 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
"The Wellcome Trust"--T.p.
Includes bibliogr. references and index.
Henry Wellcome and the Asian collections / Marriage Hebrew style / Nature of image veneration in Armenia / Between meaning and image : Islamic calligraphy / Astrological images in two Persian manuscripts / Love of Krsna in poems and paintings / 'Reading' Indian manuscript paintings from Punjab / Illustrations from the life of the Buddha / Monk travels to heaven and hell / Nigel Allan - Nigel Allan - Vrej Nersessian - Nikolaj Serikoff - Sergei Tourkin - Dominik Wujastyk - Jeevan Singh Deol - William Pruitt, Peter Nyunt - Henry Ginsburg. Rare series of Tibetan banners / Illustrations of ethnic groups in southwestern China / Japanese medical books and illustrations / Gyurme Dorje - Hartmut Walravens -- Peter F. Kornicki.
0906026601
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