A lavish exhibition catalogue of the finest ancient jade and bronze artefacts - drum stands, burial congs, axes, wine and food vessels - from the Neolithic period to the Zhou of the 3rd century BC.  Fifty-six excellent colour plates illustrate the finest examples with their design, symbolism, purpose and inscriptions discussed.  Preceding the catalogue are essays on the historic recovery and collection of ancient artefacts, and their subsequent display in a sequence of museums up to the present-day modern museum in Shanghai.  Text in English.  Large paperback.  144 pages.  New condition.  Cat No 4486