λ  A 19th century Chinese export black lacquer games board

λ  A 19th century Chinese export black lacquer games board, the exterior with a chequer board, the interior for backgammon, decorated in gilt with panels of figures before buildings, with fern borders, 49.6cm wide, together with a Chinese ivory Burmese pattern chess set, stained red and natural, the king: 9cm high and with thirty-two pierced ivory draught/backgammon counters in a lacquer box. (66)

Provenance: Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly.