Thirteenth or Eighteenth Century?
Thirteenth or Eighteenth Century? A response to David Weldon’s “On Recent Attributions to Aniko” (asianart.com, October 21, 2010) by Michael Henss. February 14, 2011.
On recent attributions to Aniko by David Weldon. October 21, 2010
"It is my opinion that Nepalese and Tibetan art of the 13th and 14th century was influenced considerably by Indian Pala style models in a great variety of forms and atelier traditions. However, a closer look at all these “Pala-Newari” and “Pala-Tibetan” or Nepalo-Tibetan artistic traditions will naturally help identifying specific stylistic groups beyond a simple Pala pattern which I feel characterises – in different degrees – the great majority of “Himalayan” art works of that period. " (Read the full article on the Asian Art website. See images of the Aniko Stupa in Beijing on the HAR website).