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zhong guo gu dai jian zhu, Ancient Architecture of China, xi zang bu da la gong, The Potala Palace of Tibet, by The Office of the Renovation Project of the Potala and the China Cultural Relics Research Institute, compiled and written by Jiang Huanying, Jiayang and Gasa Pengcuo Langjie, 1996, Beijing, China Relics Research Institute, 2 vols., 229 and 554 p, First volume text and black and white drawings, second volume color plates, text in Chinese, 7-5010-0894-9, Hardcover: 354,00 €

An introduction to the renovation project of the Potala from 1989 to 1994, based on Report on the Renovation Project of the Potala Palace in Tibet published by the Cultural Relics Publishing House in 1994. Two parts. Part 1: research papers on the general conditions, architecture, frescoes, sculptures, pagodas, stupas, thangkas, stone tablets and cliff carvings of the Potala; Part 2: “Design Manual for the Restoration Project of the Potala, “Technological Summary of the Renovation Project,” and “A Chronicle of Events of the Renovation Work.” Appendices: 101 surveying and mapping charts and 380 color plates with captions and notes.

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