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Philippe Fatin is a traveller, photographer and collector who has established a world-class collection of tribal textiles from southern China.These exquisitely colourful, hand-woven textiles are highly prized by collectors and here for the first time is the most extensive collection of garments collected from tribes across southern China including the Bahai, Zhouxi, Xijiang and Gedong amongst others. The distinctive styles, colours and motifs from each are looked ...
Follow up volume to Ronachai's award-winning Siamese Coins
A study of the various forms of Thai money from their origins in Funan up to the introduction of the modern decimal system of baht and satang
Includes a reproduction coin
This book is the result of over 40 years of study of the various forms of Thai money from their origins in the ancient kingdoms and empires starting with Funan up to the introduction of the modern decimal system of baht and satang. As ...
This book, enriched with maps, layout plans and beautiful photographs, presents a panoramic view of Banteay Chhmar, an important monument of ancient Cambodia, built in the late 12th century by its greatest king, Jayavarman VII. Going deep into the history and inscriptions, it discusses at length the ritual space of the Banteay Chhmar Temple, its restoration and its conservation project.
It also describes the two of the greatest innovations of Khmer sacred ...
