DEC 2002

VOLUME 33 - NUMBER 10

The theme of the first group of articles in this issue is the art of Nepal, and in particular aspects of iconography. John Huntington discusses the Svayambhu Mahachaitya and its place in Newar Buddhism; Dina Bangdel examines the role of the goddess at the Mhepi Ajima shrine; and Janice Glowski argues that a vest fragment now in the Los Angelos County Museum of Art had protective properties as a kavacha. Also this month, Helmut Neumann focuses on cremation grounds depicted in early Tibetan mandalas and argues that the inclusion of a group of eight mahasiddhas in the paintings has no parallel in known texts describing the mandalas. Aimée Froom introduces two Indian paintings donated to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and an ongoing exhibition of illustrations from the Hamzanama. The Shanghai Museum is holding an anniversary exhibition of Chinese paintings and calligraphy; Chen Xiejun gives a brief preview of the show and looks back over the last fifty years.

There is coverage of the autumn auctions in New York and Hong Kong, and finally, in her commentary Claudine Bautze-Picron looks into problems of provenance in Indian art.

FEATURES
Chen Xiejun. The 50th Anniversary of the Shanghai Museum
Helmut F. Neumann. Cremation Grounds in Early Tibetan Mandalas
Aimee Froom. Two Major Gifts to the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Janice M. Glowski. Kavacha for the Goddess Kumari: A Vest Fragment in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Dina Bangdel. Goddess of the Periphery, Goddess of the Centre: Iconology of Jnanadakini in Newar Buddhism
John C. Huntington. The Iconography of Svayambhu Mahachaitya: The Main Mandalas
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Robert E. Harrist, Jr. Book Review: Richard Rosenblum, with an introduction by Valerie C. Doran, translations and notes by Charles H. Egan: Art of the Natural World: Resonances of Wild Nature in Chinese Sculptural Art, Boston, 2001
Rob Linrothe. Book Review: Commentary and Translations by Gyurme Dorje: Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated Manuscripts from The White Beryl of Sangs-rgya-r
Gya-mtsho with the Moonbeams Treatise of Lo-chen Dharmasri, London, 2001Rob Linrothe. Book Review: Ulrich von Schroeder: Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001
NEWS
James C.Y. Watt. Obituary: Nelson Wu (1919-2002)
John C. Huntington. Obituary: Lain Singh Bangdel (1924-2002)
COMMENTARY
Claudine Bautze-Picron. Commentary: The 'Rewriting' of Indian Art History