Lot 102: SHUHONG, Chang (20th century) and Li CHENGXIAN (20th century). The Flying Devis of Dunhuang.

SHUHONG, Chang (20th century) and Li CHENGXIAN (20th century). The Flying Devis of Dunhuang. Beijing: China Travel and Tourism Press, [1982].

Folio. 97 illustrations. Original tan buckram, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine; pictorial dust jacket (some rubbing).

Buddhist goddesses of music and fragrance called devis were the most cherished figures in Buddhist painting and served as representatives of man's best ideals. The plates in this work illustrate flying devis from the famous murals painted on the Mogao Grottoes in the Dunhuang region of China.