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Dear Reader,

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Canberra, 21 January 2011.


20 January 2011

Asianart.com - The on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia

http://asianart.com/
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20 Jan 2011

Asianart.com, Santa Fe, NM, USA / Kathmandu, Nepal.

Self-description:
"Asian Arts, the on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia. [The site, est. early 1996, is an official Associate of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library, http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html - ed.].
Asianart.com is dedicated to all aspects of Asian art. It is our ambition to offer a forum for scholars, museums and commercial galleries. We display highlights of exhibitions in public and private institutions and galleries; present new discoveries by scholars and connoisseurs; and, by providing space for private galleries to present their works, offer the visitor a selection of fine Asian art worldwide. [...]
We welcome and encourage color photographs in material submitted for publication. We also welcome letters and requests for information from scholars visiting the site. [...] Please feel free to post letters on any subject; we particularly welcome enquiries with photos of objects you wish to have more information on. [...]

Asianart.com:
# Ian Alsop, editor; # Sameer Tuladhar, Production Manager; # Michael Farrell, Assistant editor, Business Manager; # Jane Casey Singer, advisor, Arts of Tibet; # Lobsang Lhalungpa, editor, Tibetan culture and language."

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(Incl.: ## Group of Chinese paintings - help w/ Period & ID - Tim - Jan 18, 2011; ## Iron chinese bowl - zevach - Jan 18, 2011; ## Help identifying artist - Scurvy - Jan 18, 2011; ## Chinese Four Seasons Jar - Help w/ period / style - Tim - Jan 16, 2011; # Re: Chinese Four Seasons Jar - Help w/ period / style - Bill H - Jan 18, 2011; ## Painting signed CHAT - Charles Lennon - Jan 15, 2011; # Re: Painting signed CHAT - Stan - Jan 16, 2011; ## Chinese Plate With Nonsense Mark - wendy - Jan 15, 2011; # Chinese Plate With Nonsense Mark - wendy - Jan 16, 2011; # Re: Chinese Plate With Nonsense Mark - Bill H - Jan 18, 2011; # Re: Chinese Plate With Nonsense Mark - Arjan - Jan 18, 2011; ## Antique Chinese painting on silk - Paul - Jan 15, 2011; # Antique Chinese painting on silk - rat - Jan 16, 2011; # Antique Chinese painting on silk - Paul - Jan 16, 2011; # Antique Chinese painting on silk - rat - Jan 18, 2011; ## Cloisonne Vase - Susan - Jan 15, 2011; ## Cloisonne Vase - Susan - Jan 15, 2011; # Re: Cloisonne Vase - Bill H - Jan 15, 2011; # Re: Re: Cloisonne Vase - Susan - Jan 15, 2011);

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[by date, most recent first] (# Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet; # The Colours of Silence; # London: The Fall Season 2010; # Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2010; # Confucius: His Life and Legacy in Art; # New York: Asia Week 2010; # Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future: Master Ink Painters in 20th--Century China; # Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma, 1775--1950; # The Ring of Fire; # London: The Fall Season 2009; # Lungta -- The Windhorse; A Painting Exhibition by Maureen Drdak; # Lords of the Samurai; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2009; # Tibetan Visions: Contemporary Painting from Tibet; # The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan; # New York: Asia Week 2009; # Marvels of the Malla Period: A Nepalese Renaissance 1200?1603; # London: The Fall Season 2008; # Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty; # From the Land of the Gods: Art of the Kathmandu Valley; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2008; # Condensation: Five Video Works by Chen Chieh--jen; # Erasing Borders 2008: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora; # Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690--1850; # New York: Asia Week 2008; # Mukti Singh Thapa; # Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art; # London: The Fall Season 2007; # Wutaishan: Pilgrimage to Five Peak Mountain; # Lhasa Nights; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2007; # Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan; # Celebrating the Next Generation of Japanese Bamboo Artists; # Masters of Bamboo; # New York: Asia Week 2007; # Tibetan and Himalayan Portraits: Nomads of Tibet and Bhutan; # Chimera: Paintings and Drawings by Julie Rauer; # London: The Fall Season 2006; # Lhasa Train; # Tibet: Treasures from Tibetan Monasteries; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2006; # Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet; # New York: Asia Week 2006; # Myths and Rituals: Myth and ritualism in art from India to China; # London: The Fall Season 2005; # Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India; # Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture; # Cast for Eternity: Bronze Masterworks from India and the Himalayas; # Magic & Mystery in Taos; # Tibetan Portraits; # Brussels Oriental Art Fair 2005; # Providing For the Afterlife: ÔBrilliant Artifacts' From Shandong; # The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand; # New York: Asia Week 2005; # Morning in the Barkhor: Photographs of Tibet; # When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry; # In the Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India; # Japanese Season in the Israel Museum; # Splendors of China's Forbidden City; # London: The Fall Season 2004; # Contemporary Painting from Tibet; # Kailas: Manasarovar & Tibet; # Sanyu: l'ecriture du corps; # Sadhus: The Great Renouncers; # Paradise Now? Contemporary Art From the Pacific; # New York: Asia Week 2004; # Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918 to 1392; # body.city -- New Perspectives from India; # London: The Fall Season 2003; # Focus: Asia -- a collection of 19th century photographs; # Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World; # Quiet Beauty; # Recent Works by Zao Wou--Ki at Marlborough New York; # New York: Asia Week 2003; # Window of the Sacred World: Marcel Nies; # Lay Figures, Divine Images: Renzo Freschi; # London: The Fall Season 2002; # Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents; # Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures; # Tang Haywen: Paths of Ink; # New York: Asia Week 2002; # Desire and Devotion; # Netsuke: from the Toledo Museum; # Khumb Mela 2001; # London: the fall season 2001; # China:One Hundred Treasures; # The Legacy of Absence; # Taoism and The Arts of China; # The Theyyams of Malabar; # South Asian Diaspora in North America; # Peace of Mind -- Marcel Nies; # Behind The Himalayas -- Robert Powell; # Hirado Porcelain of Japan; # Family Ties in Asian Textiles; # Paintings of Ladakh: Simon Pierse; # Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet; # Maitres De L'Encre: masters of ink; # The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet; # An exhibition of Tibetan Calligraphy; # Chang Dai--chien in California; # Earth Door, Sky Door -- Robert Powell; # Survival of the Spirit -- Nancy J. Johnson; # Himalayan Visions -- Philip Sugden; # Treasures of the Chinese Scholar; # Tibet: Tradition and Change; # The Patan Museum; # Janakpur Women's Development Center; # Kathmandu Portfolio + 1.; # The Tharu of the Tarai; # The Splendors of Imperial China; # Guardians of the Sacred Word; # Kathmandu Valley Paintings -- Robert Powell; # Mustang -- Thomas Laird & R. Powell; # Sculpture from a Sacred Realm; # Lhasa Barkhor -- Amina Tirana; # Lao Textiles Revisited -- Carol Cassidy; # Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan; # Heavens' Embroidered Cloths; # Early Tibetan Mandalas);

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(# Allinger, Eva: Manuscript from the Yarlung Museum; # Alsop, Ian: Licchavi Caityas of Nepal; # Alsop, Ian: Phagpa Lokes'vara of the Potala; # Alsop, Ian: The Metal Sculpture of the Khasa Mallas; # Bagchee, S: M.F. Husain; # Baker, I.A: a hidden temple in Tibet; # Bartholomew, T.T: Art of Mongolia; # Batton, S.S: Conservation of a Buddhist Manuscript; # Bell, J: Baiya Monastery; # Bellezza, J.V: Archaelogical discoveries; # Bellezza, J.V: The Ancient Rock Art of Upper Tibet; # Bellezza, J.V: Thogchags; # Bellezza, John V.: Changthang Circuit Expedition; # Bellezza, John V.: Metal and Stone Vestiges; # Bharne, V. & Shimomura, I.: Wood and Transience; # Boyer, M & Terrier, J.M.: Thangka Restoration and Conservation; # Bunker, Emma C.: Tantric Hinduism in Khmer Culture; # Burkert, C., Gleason, T.: The Tibet Artisan Initiative; # Cesarone, B.: Pata-Chitras of Orissa; # Church, M. and Wiebenga, M., : A four-fold Vairocana in the Rinchen Zangpo tradition; # Coburn, B: A New Ceiling for the Roof of the World; # Cole, Thomas: A Voyage to Kanchipuram; # Conservation and Digitisation of Rolled Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Nepal; # Davies, Stevan: The Miniature Paintings of Mongolian Buddhism; # Deekshithar, Raja: Indra's Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece; # Deekshithar, Raja: Mysterious Pavilion 2, The wonder continues; # Deekshithar, Raja: Mysterious Pavilion: Document in stone of astronomical events; # Deekshithar, Raja: Nageshvara Nataraja; 885; # Deekshithar, Raja: Sphinxes in Indian Art and Tradition; # Dr Ghysels, Marc: CT Scans in Art Work Appraisal; # Drdak, Maureen: The Lungta Collaborative: The Living Blessings of Lo; # Fast, Adrienne: Exaggerated Enmity in Early Modern Indonesian Painting; # Gach, Gary: Hidden Meanings: Symbolism in Chinese Art; # Ganguly, Waltraud: Snake earrings of India; # Guta, Thomas L.: Snowlions Dancing on Clouds; # Guta, Thomas L.: The Weavers of Tradition; # Hagmuller, G.: Darkness and Light; # Hanbury-Tenison, William: A Rarity in Chinese Contemporary Art; # Heimsath, Kabir M.: Untitled Identities: Contemporary Art in Lhasa; # Heitmann, Annette L.: A note on a disputed Khmer sculpture; # Heller, Amy.: The Silver Jug of the Lhasa Jokhang; # Heller, Amy: The Lhasa gtsug lag khang: Observations on the Ancient wood Carvings; # Heller, Amy: Tracing the Reception and Adaptation of Foreign esthetic elements in Tibetan sculpture; # Henss, Michael: Tibet -- Monasteries Open Their Treasure Rooms; # Hoffman, Eric J.: Chinese Thumb Rings: From Battlefield to Jewelry Box; # Hoffman, Eric J.: Old Chinese Jades: Real or Fake?; # Houseal, J.: Vanishing Dances of Ladakh; # Kerin, Melissa: Reflections on Amy Heller's Early Himalayan Art; # Kirkpatrick, J: Ricksha Art; # Knirck-Bumke, Krista: Stripes and Patterns; # Knirck-Bumke, Krista: Victorious Durga; # Landsberg, S: An Indian Musical Instrument Maker; # Lequindre, C. & Petit, M.: Shamans, Ancestors and Donors: A look at tribal arts and cultures in old Asia; # Li, J: Images of Earth & Water; # Li, J: Tsakli; # Logan, P: Tibetan Art & Architecture; # Malla, Kamal P.: The Repousse Images from Pharping ; # Markel, S: Correlating Paintings of Indian Decorative Objects; # Markel, Stephen: Mughal Jades - A Technical and Sculptural Perspective; # McCue, G.: Tashi Kabum; # Minissale, G: The Synthesis of European and Mughal Art; # Murray, T: Masks of the Himalayas; # Pal, Pratapaditya: A Painted Book Cover from Ancient Kashmir; # Pannier, Francois: Soma, Offertory and Elixir; # Paniker, Ana: Oriental Sacred Art and the Art of Collecting in the West; # Pritzker, T: An Early stone fragment; # Rauer, Julie: Fathomless Skin; # Rauer, Julie: Klee's Mandalas; # Rauer, Julie: Organic Avatar; # Rauer, Julie: The Last Feast of Lady Dai; # Rauer, Julie: Through the Jalis; # Refojo, Karla: West meets East: Making a Murti in Kathmandu; # Rubin, N.A: Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore; # Rubin, N.A: Whiff of Luxury; # Sardar, H: Trance-Dancers of the Goddess Durga; # Shimkhada, Deepak: The Future of Nepal's 'Living' Goddess: Is Her Death Necessary?; # Shrotriya, Alok and Xue-ying, Zhou: A Visit to the Artistic treasures of Maiji Mountain caves; # Singer, J.C: a Taglung Lama; # Singer, J.C: Early Portrait Painting in Tibet; # Singer, James: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics; # Slusser, Mary S. & Giambrone, James. A: Kuber Singh Shakya ; # Slusser, Mary S.: Conservation Notes on Some Nepalese Paintings; # Slusser, Mary S.: Seeing, Rather Than Looking At, Nepalese Art: The Figural Struts; # Slusser, Mary S.: Steaming Down the Mekong; # Slusser, Mary S.: The Lhasa gTsug lag khang ('Jokhang'); # Smith, R: Wangden Meditation Weaving; # Stiles, D.: Ivory Carving in Myanmar; # Stiles, Daniel: Ivory Carving in Thailand; # Tamot, K & Alsop, I: an AD 185 sculpture; # Temple, T & Nguyen, L: Giant Thangkas; # Theophile, E.: The 'Art' of Conservation; # Tracing the History of a Mughal Album Page in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; # Vajracharya, Gautama V.: Elements of Newar Buddhist Art; # Vajracharya, Gautama V.: The Creatures of the Rain Rivers, Cloud Lakes; # Vora, Swapna: Amisha Mehta: Rainbow Girl; # Vora, Swapna: Amitava: Days and seasons of the self; # Vora, Swapna: Anish Kapoor: Stone Fire, Black Flame; # Vora, Swapna: Anti matter? Kausik M's universe; # Vora, Swapna: Antonio Puri and The Tenth Door; # Vora, Swapna: Ayesha Durrani: The girl next door; # Vora, Swapna: Caught in crosshairs: Pakistan's Muhammad Zeeshan; # Vora, Swapna: Chiru Chakravarty: Every day, judgment day; # Vora, Swapna: Conversations with Raza at eighty five; # Vora, Swapna: Found in translation, an interpreter of human maladies; # Vora, Swapna: Jayashree Chakravarty: Herstory: Palimpsests of the maps of memory; # Vora, Swapna: Kanwal Dhaliwal: Immigration; # Vora, Swapna: Mahendra Mistry: Once upon a time; # Vora, Swapna: MF Husain: In some of his own words; # Vora, Swapna: Natvar Bhavsar's cosmos; # Vora, Swapna: Om Soorya: Random Mirrors; # Vora, Swapna: Once we were one; # Vora, Swapna: Padmanabh Bendre; # Vora, Swapna: Padmaputra Ashok Shah: Saraswati's son; # Vora, Swapna: Prasanta Sahu: Pushing the envelope; # Vora, Swapna: Prema Murthy: Weaving the Web; # Vora, Swapna: Raza's runes: Visions of the self; # Vora, Swapna: Shelly Jyoti and Mithila: The joy of decoration; # Vora, Swapna: Tenzin Rigdol's mandala: Particles of prayers; # Vora, Swapna: The Baldly Beautiful 108 Dabbas of Bose Krishnamachari; # Vora, Swapna: Unclaimed Territories; # von Schroeder, U. & Karsten, J.G.: The Silver Jug of the Lhasa Jokhang: a Reply; # WAAC: Tibetan Thankas; # Wegner, G.M: KU Department of Music; # Weldon, David: On recent attributions to Aniko; # Worcester, Ted: Auspicious Carpets: A Tibetan View of Aesthetics);

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