Published by National Heritage Board, 1997
ISBN 10: 9971885646 ISBN 13: 9789971885649
Language: English
Seller: Jorge Welsh Books, Lisboa, Portugal
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.7 x 28.8 cm; 1.3 Kg; 216 pages with colour illustrations.; Dust jacket wrapped in a permanent adhesive cover (the sale price on the rear cover was not removed and the adhesive was placed above it).; Signs of wear in the cover, spine and back cover of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is slightly faded on the back cover. No markings, writing or highlighting in text except for some minor yellowing on front free endpaper.; Two important essays, Chinese Civilisation in a Historical Perspective by Wang Gungwu; and The Motivations and Development of Chinese Connoisseurship and Collection by Lee Chor Lin, introduce this, the first catalogue of Chinese artefacts dating from the Bronze age in the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore.