Author: DENECK, M.M. (TEXT) - FORMAN, M. AND B. (PHOTOGRAPHERS),
Title: Indian Sculpture. Masterpieces of Indian, Khmer and Cham Art. Second Impression. [Translated from the original edition Prague, Artia, by Iris Urwin].
Description: London, Spring Books, 1963. Folio. Original publ. cloth. Frontcover with a large coloured image of a Khmer deity, surrounded by gildes squares. 35pp. of introduction and descriptive list of plates, large captioned monochrome endpiece illustrating a stone relief from Amaravati (Madras Museum), ti.-p. embellished by 3 monochrome and coloured images of stone-sculptures illustrating Hari-Hara. Deity representing both Shiva and Vishnu. Followed by an Album of together 260 monochrome images, of which coloured and single page, printed on 115 plates, bibliography, list of plates at rear end, table of contents. English language massive survey of Indian Khmer and Cham Art represented in antique stone sculptures, reliefs from temple Galleries illustrating the magic world of deities from the ages gone. Cham or Champa Art originates from an Indic Civilization stretching from approx. 500-1500 A.D., flourishing from what is now the Coast of South and Central Vietnam. The biggest collection of Cham Art is housed in the Cham museum of Danang. Very fine copy.

Keywords: asiatic art stonesculpture deities shiva vishnu antiquities indian khmer cham vietnam legacy