ORIENTATIONS SEPTEMBER 2005 ISSUE
The 14 Dalai Lamas
World Museum Liverpool

Table of Contents.

LIVERPOOL'S HIDDEN COLLECTIONS REVEALED
by Emma Martin, Head of Ethnology and Curator of Asian Collections, National
Museums Liverpool.
A renovation project of the World Museum Liverpool has transformed the
permanent galleries to show for the first time in generations the stored
collections of art of China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
The author charts the development of the key collections and gives a brief
introduction to the new displays.

THE TIBETAN COLLECTION AT WORLD MUSEUM LIVERPOOL
by Emma Martin.
The collection, considered one of the finest and most comprehensive in the
UK, accumulated through works acquired from various collectors who worked in
the Himalayas in the early part of the 20th century, with particular
emphasis on the Sir Charles Bell collection which is the richest in terms of
objects. Ritual and religious objects, arms and armour and domestic items
are some of the works discussed and illustrated.

LIVERPOOL AND ITS IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CHINA TRADE
by Eldon Worrall, consultant to the Ethnology Department, National Museums
Liverpool.
In his discussion of some of the most important of the over 1000 objects
held by the museum, the author aims to further increase interest in this
particular area of the collection and to provide visitors with a clearer
understanding of the important position Liverpool held in the trade between
Britain and China during the 19th century.

ALL THE DALAI LAMAS ARE IN ZURICH
by Urs Haller and Martin Brauen, Ethnographic Museum, University of Zurich.
The authors explain the background of the groundbreaking exhibition `The 14
Dalai Lamas - Tibetan Reincarnations of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara' which
will run from 4 August 2005 to 30 April 2006 at the Ethnographic Museum and
features historic treasures, some of which have never been seen before. On
view are rare items such as a scroll documenting the life and enthronement
of the 9th Dalai Lama; a gift presented to Tsar Nicholas II by the 13th
Dalai Lama; a complete set of throne-room accessories and a seven-foot
statue of Avalokiteshvara.

PREDECESSORS OF THE DALAI LAMAS
by Per Sorensen, University of Leipzig.
The author presents new and groundbreaking research in his examination of
the origins of the entire Dalai Lama institution.

FROM TRADITION TO TRUTH - IMAGES OF THE THIRTEENTH DALAI LAMA
by Michael Henss.
The author looks at the manner in which this particular Dalai Lama is
depicted and how traditional conventions and true likeness are incorporated
in his portraits.

PORTRAITS OF DALAI LAMAS
by Kimiaki Tanaka, consultant to the Hahn Cultural Foundation and lecturer
at University of Tokyo and Keio University.
In his examination of the composition and iconography of sets of portraits
kept in the Tamashige Collection in Japan and the Hahn Cultural Foundation
in Korea and of those examples being shown in Zurich, the author attempts to
establish their date and origin.

BOOK REVIEWS:
by Clare Pollard: Meiji Ceramics, the Art of Japanese Export Porcelain and
Satsuma Ware 1868-1912 by Gisela Jahn

PREVIEWS OF NEW YORK AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS IN PARIS AND LOS ANGELES

REVIEWS OF RECENT AUCTIONS IN BEIJING, HONG KONG, PARIS AND LONDON

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