All Outputs (6)

A Reassessment of the So-called Prakhon Chai Bronzes (2025)
Thesis
Lau-Casson, P. S. Y. A Reassessment of the So-called Prakhon Chai Bronzes. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

An initial small group of metal sculptures, reportedly from a hoard, first appeared on the art market in 1965. Known as the ‘Prakhon Chai bronzes’ despite the obscurity of their origins, these sculptures were attributed to the 7th to 9th century CE a... Read More about A Reassessment of the So-called Prakhon Chai Bronzes.

Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs (2024)
Thesis
Shao, Z. Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The present thesis discusses three Tibetan Buddhist pantheons created by the Qianlong court, namely the woodblock print Three Hundred Deities, the hand-illustrated Eulogies to the Sacred Images of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and the sculpture assem... Read More about Pantheons of the Emperor: the Translation and Adaption of Tibetan Buddhist Iconographic Programs.

Ogyen Choling in Bhutan: an Interpretation of the Temple and its Art (2023)
Thesis
Filsnoël, M. Ogyen Choling in Bhutan: an Interpretation of the Temple and its Art. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis contains a detailed interpretation of the significance and the importance of the religious site at Ogyen Choling (o rgyan chos gling) - which was the seat, in central Bhutan, of the treasure revealer (gter ston) of the Nyingma tradition o... Read More about Ogyen Choling in Bhutan: an Interpretation of the Temple and its Art.

On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects (2021)
Thesis
Fuentes, A. On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This dissertation explores material knowledge and cultural histories of the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects by means of the combined methodologies of conservation, technical art history, iconographic analysis, cultural anthropology and... Read More about On the use of human remains in Tibetan ritual objects.

Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla (2021)
Thesis
Zukas, D. Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

My thesis is a detailed, new, cave-by-cave, survey of the well known rock-cut Buddhist monasteries at Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla and the newly found Buddhist sites near them in the upper Indrayani and Pavana valleys of India’s Western Ghats. These sites... Read More about Understanding Buddhism from its Material Remains: Monastic Architecture and Buddhist Practice around Bhaja, Bedsa and Karla.

Representation of textiles on classical Javanese sculpture (2017)
Thesis
Pullen, L. S. Representation of textiles on classical Javanese sculpture. (Thesis). SOAS University of London