Tibetan Art

 

1. 瑞士苏黎世大学民族博物馆版本. 五百佛像集 : 见即获益 / Rin vbyung snar thang brgya rtsa rdor vphreng bcas nas gsungs pavi bris sku mthong ba don ldan bzhugs so. 中国藏学出版社, 4,34, 12, 618 pp., 2011. ISBN 978-7-80253-338-7.

The Chinese edition of the Icons Worthwhile to See from the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zürich. Includes over 500 colored images with captions in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Mongolian and Chinese, the “Introduction to the Collection of Five Hundred Buddha Images” in English (pp. 523–534), and an index of Sanskrit, Tibetan, Mongolian and Chinese Names.

Price: € 60,-

 

2. Gu ge Tshe ring rgyal po (b. 1961). mNga’ ris rtswa mda’ rdzong khongs wa chen phug pa’i ldebs ris sgyu rtsal /阿里札達額欽石密壁画芸術 / Mural  Paintings in Wa-chen Cave in Western Tibet. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 5, 147 pp. (A4 size, soft cover), 2011. ISBN 978-7-223-02976-6.

Introduction in Tibetan, Chinese and English (63 pp.), followed by colored images of the cave’s murals accompanied by captions in Tibetan, Chinese and English (84 pp.).

Price: € 20,-

 

3. 张世文、楞本才让·二毛、夏吉· 扎曲. Bod kyi srol rgyun lag bzo’i gter ’bum / 藏族传统手工宝典. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang / 西藏人民出版社, 538 pp., 2011. ISBN 978-7-223-03060-1.

A large volume (A3 size, hard cover in slip case) with colored images on traditional Tibetan handicrafts such as statue making, thangka painting, architecture, cloth, etc. Only in Chinese.

Price: € 150,-

 

4. g.Yang pa Phun tshogs rdo rje. Bod kyi ri mo'o sgyu rtsal las lha sku'i thig rtsa dang shing tshon sogs kyi rmang gzhi’i shes bya ’gro phan blo gsar dga’ skyed. Bod dbul skyor thebs rtsa tshogs pa. Mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 3, 50 pp. text and 201 pp illustrations (including 30 pp. of colored images), 2009 (3rd edition). A4 size, soft cover. ISBN 978-7-105-07256-9.

Price: € 15,-

5. bsTan pa rab brtan. Bod kyi ri mo’i slob deb lag len zhun thigs / 西藏绘画 / Tibet Painting. Krung go’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 6 pp. (colored images),154 pp. text, and 130 pp. illustrations (A4 size, soft cover), 2006. Tibetan and Chinese (translation into Chinese by Ngag dbang ’jigs med). ISBN 7-80057-754-6.

Price: € 15,-

 

6. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang ldebs ris rtsom ’bri tsu’u (ed.). Bod kyi ldebs ris phyogs bsdus (1), mNga’ ris kyi pod / 西藏壁画全集 (1): 阿里卷. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 209 pp. (nearly A3 size, hard cover), 2011. ISBN 978-7-223-02979-7. The first of two volumes on the murals of mNga’ ris, featuring fully colored plates of the murals in the rTsa mda’ Gu ge lHa khang dmar po (pp. 1–128) and in the rTsa mda’ Gu ge dKyil ’khor lha khang (pp. 129–209). The accompanying descriptions are in Tibetan and Chinese.

Price: € 80,-

 

7. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang ldebs ris rtsom ’bri tsu’u (ed.). Bod kyi ldebs ris phyogs bsdus (2), mNga’ ris kyi pod / 西藏壁画全集 (2): 阿里卷. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 245 pp. (nearly A3 size, hard cover), 2011. ISBN 978-7-223-02978-0. The second of two volumes on the murals of mNga’ ris, featuring fully colored plates of the murals in the rTsa mda’ Gu ge lHa khang dkar po (pp. 1–171), rTsa mda’ Gu ge ’Jigs byed lha khang (pp. 172–206), and in the rTsa mda’ Gu ge sGrol ma lha khang (pp. 207–245). The accompanying descriptions are in Tibetan and Chinese.

Price: € 80,-

 

8. A sngags Tshe ring bkra shis and gNyan mo grub (eds.). g.Yung drung bon gyi rab ’byams dkyil ’khor rgya mtsho’i zhal thang kun ’dus / Thangka Paintings of Yungdrung Bon / 西藏本教唐卡. Si khron dpe skrun tshogs pa / Si khron mi rigs dpe krun khang, 341 pp. (hard cover in slip case, larger than A4), 2010. ISBN 978-7-5409-4504-6. With an introduction in Tibetan, English and Chinese, this book features colored plates of Bon thangkas. Alongside, each thangka is depicted in black and white, marking every deity or master with a number. The explanations to each number are given in Tibetan text.

Price: € 100,-

 

9. Bod rang skyong ljongs rig dngos do dam u yon lhan khang (ed.) Bod kyi thang ga /西藏唐卡. Rig dngos dpe skrun khang, 200 pp. (hard cover in slip case, larger than A4), 1984. ISBN 7-5010-0241-X/J and ISBN 7-5010-0719-5/J. 140 colored plates with the explanations in Tibetan and Chinese (pp. 157–195). Also contains an English preface by Renzin Dorji, Ou Chaogui, and Yishi, Wangchu and a list enumerating each plate’s topic (pp. 196–200). Price: € 150,-

 

10. La ding and Byams pa skal bzang (ed.). Pho brang po ta la'i ldebs bris ri mo'i 'byung khungs lo rgyus gsal ba'i me long / 布达拉宫壁画源流, / A Mirror of the Murals in the Potala. 九州图书出版社, 303 pp. (A4 size, hardcover in slipcase), 2000. ISBN 7-80114-524-0. This book includes over two hundred photographs of mural segments of the Potala. The introduction and description of the individual murals are provided in Tibetan, Chinese and English. The book was published in a limited edition of 3000 copies and contains an original print of the 3rd Dalai Lama's official seal on paper.

Price: € 150,-

 

11. Zla ba tshe ring, bsTan 'dzin rnam rgyal, and Ngag dbang chos grags (eds.). Bod kyi thang ka kun btus / 西藏唐卡大全  / Selection of Tibetan Thangkas. Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang, 220 pp. (larger than A4 size, hardcover), 2005. ISBN 7-223 01811-9. A collection of Tibetan Thangkas presented in 289 colored plates.

Price: € 110,-

 

12. 'Phrin las thar phyin / 赤烈塔尔沁. rMad byung zhang zhung gi 'bri rtsal: Krung go'i bod ljongs mnga' ris kyi gna' bo'i ldebs ris bdams sgrig / Masterpieces through the Ages: A Selected Collection of Ngari Ancient Frescoes of Tibet, China / 千古绝绘: 中 西藏阿里古代壁画选集. Bod ljongs mi rigs dpe skrun khang / 西藏人民出版社, 219 pp. (A4 size, soft cover), 2001. ISBN 7-223-01346-X. Fully colored book with the introduction and all entries in Chinese, Tibetan, and English.

Price: € 50,-

 

13. 年炘 (Nian Xin) (ed.). Zhang zhung gi ldebs ris / Xiang Xiong Murals /  象雄壁画. Bod ljongs dmangs khrod sgyu rtsal deb tshogs / Tibetan Folk Art Series / 西藏民间艺术丛书. Chongqing Publishing House, 146 pp. (A4 size, soft cover), 2003. ISBN 7-5366-6019-7. Fully colored book on the murals of Gu ge (pp. 1–91) and Dung dkar and Phyi dbang (92 146), including a four page introduction in Chinese.

Price: € 35,-

 

14. 杨嘉铭(Yang Yijia), 目雅 ·丁增 (Muya Dingzeng), and 杨艺(Yang Yi.). 康巴唐卡: 藏传绘画艺术吉祥瑰宝 (Khampa Thangka: A Treasure of the Arts of Tibetan Traditional Painting). 中国旅游出版社 (China Tourist Publishing House), 124 pp. (A4 size, hard cover), 2010. ISBN 978-7-5032-3885-7. A fully colored book on thangka paintings from Khams (mainly Karma sgar bris); pages 1–28 feature the introduction in Chinese and pages 29–121 the color plates (though the book cover shows various mandalas, the actual thangkas shown include no images of mandalas).

Price: € 30,-