Earth to Heaven. The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of the Burmese Empires.
Chiang Mai. Silkworm Books. 2000. Endpaper maps, black and white line drawings and photographic illustrations, xvii + 299pp, appendices, bibliography, index. Cover slightly sunned but otherwise very good tight paperback copy. This work describes the physical characteristics of the weights and their relationships, their manufacture, standardisation and usage. It also..... More