07 Jul 2003

A_yantra Tibetan Antiques
www.artibet.net, Nepal?
Self-description: "We are a couple of collectors of Himalayan art. The collection includes thang.ka, snuff bottles, lob.shing (book covers), statues, carpets, and various ritual items like very rare Dorje and Dril.bu. All of the objects have been acquired from very well known Oriental Art Galleries and Antique shops at fair market value. We do not approve of, or participate in, the irregular acquisition and exportation of Art objects."
Site contents: Intro.; Us & the Collection; Catalogues (* Ritual Objects, * Thangka, Paintings and Xylographies [e.g. Thang.ka painting in mineral colours on cloth, depicting Begtse - Tibet 1500; Thang.ka painting in water colours on cloth, depicting Ganesh - Nepal XX sec.; Mandala. Painted on board - Tibet 1500 - ed.], * Sculptures, * Furniture and fittings, * Ceramics, * Antique Ethnics Objects, * Tibetan Book Covers, Carpets and Textiles, * Snuff Bottles, * Ancient Blades, * Books, Manuscripts, and Xylographic books); Conditions & Formalities; Suggest this site; Links.
URL http://www.artibet.net
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: yantra (maxdp[use"@"]hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30