The Chinese Collections Asian Civilisations Museum: [Chung Kuo Wen Wushou Ts'ang Ya-Chou Wen Ming Po Wu Kuan] Tapa dura - 1997

Singapore: National Heritage Board. 216 pages, illustrated with colour plates. The text is mainly in English, with Chinese summaries. Looks as a new copy, very clean and bright. . Fine. Hardcover. 1997.

National Heritage Board, 1997 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Chinese text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 23.7 x 28.8 cm; 1.325 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..

Singapore: National Heritage Board, 1997. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 216 pages. Many color photos. Text in English and Chinese. Slight wear to dust jacket and light spots on front endpaper.