The Yunkang Caves. Compiled by the Committee in Charge of Cultural Relics and the Institute for the Preservation of the Yunkang Caves of Shansi Province

  • Peking [i.e. Beijing]: Cultural Relics Publishing Hoouse, 1977
Peking [i.e. Beijing]: Cultural Relics Publishing Hoouse, 1977. First edition, square 4to, pp. [22], 107 photographs on plates, [12]; text in Chinese; fine copy in the dust jacket. This copy with the 30-page precis in English laid in. The Yunkang (Yungang) grottoes "are ancient Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites of China" (Wikipedia).

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The Yunkang Caves. Compiled by the Committee in Charge of Cultural Relics and the Institute for the Preservation of the Yunkang Caves of Shansi Province

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Cultural Relics Publishing Hoouse: Peking [i.e. Beijing]

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1977


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