Exhibition catalogue. Exhibition of Chinese ivories from the commencement of the Shang Dynasty (circa 1600 B.C.) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911 A.D.) was organized by the Oriental Ceramic Society and the British Museum. Filled what, at the time, was "a notable gap in the history of Chinese art." Table of contents, foreword by Peter Fawcett and William Watson, chronological table of Chinese dynasties, map, glossary, select bibliography, list of lenders. Includes technical and historical introductory essays. 20 color and 320 black and white illustrations.