Research Catalog

Title

Cast for eternity : bronze masterworks from India and the Himalayas in Belgian and Dutch collections / Jan Van Alphen ; with contributions by Ian Alsop, Marcel Nies, David Weldon.

Author

Alphen, J. van (Jan)

Publication

Antwerp : Ethnographic Museum, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alsop, Ian Alexander, 1947-
• Etnografisch Museum (Antwerp, Belgium)
• Nies, Marcel.
• Weldon, David.

Description

235 p. : col. ill., col. map; 30 cm.

Subject

• Bronze sculpture > Himalaya Mountains Region > Exhibitions
• Bronze sculpture > India > Exhibitions
• Bronze sculpture, Indic > Belgium > Exhibitions
• Bronze sculpture, Indic > Netherlands > Exhibitions
• Bronze sculpture, Tibetan > Belgium > Exhibitions
• Bronze sculpture, Tibetan > Netherlands > Exhibitions
• Etnografisch Museum (Antwerp, Belgium) > Exhibitions
• Gods in art > Exhibitions
• Gods, Indic, in art > Exhibitions
• Sculpture > Private collections > Belgium > Exhibitions
• Sculpture > Private collections > Netherlands > Exhibitions

Note

• "This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition Cast for eternity, bronze masterworks from India and the Himalayas in Belgian and Dutch collection. Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, 4 February to 26 June 2005"--Colophon.
• Erratum tipped in.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Philip Heylen -- Introduction / Jan Van Alphen -- Acknowledgements -- Note to the reader -- Cast for eternity / Marcel Nies -- pt. 1. Indian and Sri Lanka [catalogue 1-27] -- Human gods and godlike humans : aspects of Indian sculpture / Jan Van Alphen -- pt. 2. Nepal [catalogue 28-42] -- Metal image-casting in Nepal / Ian Alsop -- pt. 3. Tibet [catalogue 43-81] -- Tibetan sculpture / David Weldon -- Glossary.

ISBN

9077069070

LCCN

^^2005542933

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library