{"product_id":"9783777426266","title":"In the Land of the Snowlion: Treasures from Tibet","description":"\u003cbr\u003eTibet is home to a rich artistic heritage, including some of the world’s most treasured works of material and textile art. Particularly well represented within the Tibetan tradition are carpets; metalwork, including poles, singing bowls, and \u003ci\u003etingsha\u003c\/i\u003e prayer chimes, and furniture, especially intricately painted trunks and cabinets. This book is an attractively presented, authoritative overview.\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a private collection, \u003ci\u003eIn the Land of the Snowlion\u003c\/i\u003e brings together breathtakingly beautiful examples of traditional Tibetan material and textile art from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries. Many of the objects pictured play a central role in Tibetan culture, but their uses have remained relatively little known. Hand-woven or hand-knotted sheep’s wool rugs, for example, were often crafted for seating or riding, while highly ornamented poles were sometimes designed to support paintings. This lavish, large-format book fills this gap in the knowledge about Tibetan art and culture, with 450 full-color illustrations, as well as essays by the collectors, Michael and Justyna Buddeberg, and contributions from a distinguished group of international specialists in Tibetan art: Koos de Jong, Christiane Kalantari, Petra Maurer, Ulrike Montigel, H. H. Neumann, Lisa Niedermayr, Bruno Richtsfeld, Rupert Smith, Friedrich Spuhler, Elena Tsareva, Hans Weihreter, and Thoma Wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the most beautiful and historically significant works of Tibetan art are in the Buddeberg Collection, and \u003ci\u003eIn the Land of the Snowlion \u003c\/i\u003emakes them available to the public for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirmer Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052236980464,"sku":"9783777426266","price":61.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783777426266_p0.jpg?v=1763683548","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783777426266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}