The Mongolian Collections. Retracing Hans Leder
Verlag: VÖAW
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
ISBN13: 978-3-7001-7520-9
Format: 137 Seiten + 64 Seiten Tafeln, 28x22,5cm, engl. Broschur, durchgehend vierfarbig, zahlreiche Abbildungen, Register
Produktbeschreibung
This volume presents the results of a project realised
within the research programme Research at Museums (forMuse). Selected objects from the collections of the Austrian
research traveller and collector Hans Leder (1843–1921), which are located at the
Weltmuseum Vienna and other ethnographic museums in Central Europe, are reunited
here for the first time. These are primarily Buddhist ritual items of daily
life in northern Mongolia around 1900. Following an introduction to the history
of the collection, with numerous original quotations by the collector, and
historic and recent insights to Mongolian Buddhism, specific object groups are
presented and described. An illustrated section within this appealingly
designed book shows as yet unpublished object photographs that were taken during
the project. The volume brings together descriptions of artefacts from multiple
points of view. The interdisciplinary project team thus provides a new approach to
a collection of Mongolian art which is unique in its abundance and
authenticity. With contributions by Ágnes Birtalan, Olaf Czaja, Béla Kelényi,
Maria-Katharina Lang, Lhagvademchig S. Jadamba and Krisztina Teleki.
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