Apr 24, 2008 - Sale 2143

Sale 2143 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(ASIA.) Andrews, Fred. H.; and Stein, Sir Aurel. Wall Painting from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia. 2 volumes. Text volume is small folio, cloth-backed boards; contains 3 plates of plans and sketches, and a large folding sketch map of Chinese Turkestan and Kansu. Plate volume is elephant folio, gilt-lettered cloth; contains 32 plates loose as issued, including 12 in full color (3 folded), some fading and light wear to bindings of both volumes. scarce first edition of this study of the wall paintings discovered by Stein on his first two journeys to Khotan and the Nissa valley in 1900 and 1906. London, 1948