The Dancing Demons of Mongolia by Jan Fontein
Edited by John Vrieze
Photography by Dirk Bakker
folio. pp. 120. profusely illustrated. bibliography. hardcover. dw. (near fine - small bump to top edge of binding, shelf wear along top edge of dust wrapper). London: Lund Humphries, [1999].
ISBN-10: 0853317984 / ISBN-13: 9780853317982
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The Mongols had practised Shamanism for many centuries, but in the 16th century Buddhism made a decisive breakthrough. This book examines the finest works of art which remain today from the period subsequent to this conversion to Buddhism.