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Aurel Stein Collection at the British Museum

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Aurel Stein Collection at the British Museum

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Heading: (Stein Collection)
Author: Whitfield, Roderick
Title: The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum
Place Published: Tokyo
Publisher:Kodansha International / Trustees of British Museum
Date Published: [1982]
Description:

3 volumes. Illustrated throughout with color plates. 36.5x25.7 cm (14½x10¼"), red cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, vellum spines lettered in gilt, each in folding cloth box with pictorial color cover onlay. One of 550 copies of the English language issue.

Magnificent catalogue of the amazing collection brought back by Sir Aurel Stein from the caves, monasteries, and decaying fortresses along the Silk Road. Comprises:

Volume 1: Paintings from Dunhuang, part 1.

Volume 2: Paintings from Dunhuang, part 2.

Volume 3: Textiles, Sculptures and Other Arts.

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Aurel Stein Collection at the British Museum

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