Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2019
Lot 440
λ A 19th century Chinese export black lacquer games board
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £550
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Description
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.