Hing Wah Chau (4 results)

PAPERBACK. Paperback edition. 240pp, quarto. Inscribed by "Chau" Hing-wah bi-lingual text. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. a nice, clean, square copy, like new, no creasing.

Profuse colour photographic plates throughout, black and white line illustrations and diagrams, 240pp. Text in traditional Chinese characters and English. 21 x 28cm. Minor wear corners and head and tail of spine but still a very good paperback copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: New. First Edition. The Yue people comprised a unique ancient culture straddling southwestern China (including Hong Kong and Macau) stretching down even into what is now northern Vietnam. The Yue thrived in the neolithic and early bronze ages; recent archaeological excavation and reserach has shed new light on this fascinating cultural complex. This monograph presents material related to the Yue people as has been uncovered in the Pearl River Delta area, ranging in age from paleolithic to the Han period. Objects illustrated range widely from Paleolithic and Neolithic axes, bark cloth beaters, through polished stone ritual objects (such as yazhang), tools, weapons and ornaments, pottery vessels, and bronze weapons, tools and vessels. With 15 scholarly essays in Chnese (with lengthy English abstracts) and one essay in English with Chinese abstract. All captions bilingual English / Chinese. 240 pp., 266 col. plates and 52 b&w plates, line drawings and rubbings, 4 maps. Size: 28 x 21 cm.…