Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 13: Art in Tibet

Erberto Lo Bue obtained his Ph.D. in 1981 at SOAS (University of London) and is now Associate Professor at Bologna University. Most of his publications - including two books on Gyantse - are related to Tibetan, Newar and Indian art.

• Please note that Cameron David Warner's name is spelled correctly in this table of contents, the contents in the book contains an error.List of IllustrationsErberto Lo Bue—ForewordHistoryCameron David Warner—a Prolegomenon to the Palladium of Tibet, the Jo bo ŚākyamuniAndré Alexander—Rme ru rnying pa, an Extant Imperial-Period Chapel in LhasaChristian Luczanits—On the Iconography of Tibetan Scroll Paintings (Thang ka) Dedicated to the Five TathāgathasEva Allinger—Thang kas Dedicated to the Vajradhātumaṇḍala. Questions of Stylistic ConnectionsHelmut and HeidI Neumann—The Wall Paintings of the Mgon khang of Lcang Sgang haMichael Henss—Liberation from the Pain of Evil Destinies: the Giant Appliqué Thang kas (gos sku) at Gyantse (Rgyal rtse dpal ’khor chos sde)Irmgard Mengele—New Discoveries about the Life of Chos dbyings rdo rje, the Tenth Karma pa of Tibet 1606–1674)Gabrielle Yablonski—The Scarcely Known Temple of Maṇi Lhakhang, Dechen County, Central Tibet:a Possible Bka’ gdams pa Foundation?Sarah E. Fraser—Sha bo tshe ring, Zhang Daqian and Sino-Tibetan Cultural Exchange, 1941–1943: DefiningResearch Methods for A mdo Regional Painting Workshops in the Medieval and Modern Periods'Minor’ Arts, Iconography, TechnIques, MaterIals and Photographic RecordsDralha Dawa Sangpo—A Survey Report on a Carved Stone Tibetan “Go” Board: Newly Found Evidence of the Tibetan Culture of “go”Tenpa Rabten—A Brief Discussion of the Origin and Characteristics of the Decorative Design on Tibetan Rlung rta (Prayer Flags)Zara Fleming—The Ritual Significance of Zan parJohn Clarke—Non-Sculptural Metalworking in Eastern Tibet 1930–2003Shunzo Onoda—De’u dmar dge bshes’s Method of Compounding Colours: Lac-dye Brown, Vermilion Brown and the Colours Derived from ThemKimiaki Tanaka—On the Tradition of the Vairocanāsambodhi-sūtra and the Garbhamaṇḍala in TibetSerinity Young—The Buddhist Discourse on Gender in Tibetan Medical IconographySjoerd De Vries—A Present from the TzarKnud Larsen—A Newly-Discovered Old Perspective Drawing of Lhasa