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Seracini was able to peer behind the painting and the thick layer of dark varnish that coated it to discover
marked the 150th year of Prince Naris' birth by allowing the descendants of the Chitrabongs Family to photograph her father's loose papers
sketchbooks
in the face of mounting international opposition to the restoration project
they chart the steps taken by Prince Naris to imagine
CHINESE SCULPTURE: A Great Tradition by Ann Paludan Seracini was able to peerArchaeological discoveries over the last fifty years have revolutionised knowledge about Chinese sculpture, revealing the length and strength of a hitherto unsuspected tradition stretching back to prehistoric times. This tradition was concerned with the powers of statuary. Unwritten, it was based on beliefs shared by all classes on the nature of the cosmos, the importance of maintaining contact with the ancestors and the idea that images contain power
