Lot Essay
A similar folding huanghuali game tray with double-sided design is illustrated by Colin MacKenzie and Irving Finkel eds., Asian Games: The Art of Contest, New York, 2004.
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17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A BAITONG-INLAID HUANGHUALI FOLDING GAME TRAY
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Formed by two rectangular boards set within the raised frame, hinged at the center allowing it to fold, inlaid on one side in baitong as a weiqi board and on the other as a xianqi board, the edges fitted with huangtong hardware; together with a set of thirty-two hardwood xianqi pieces
19¼ in. (49 cm.) square (33)
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Formed by two rectangular boards set within the raised frame, hinged at the center allowing it to fold, inlaid on one side in baitong as a weiqi board and on the other as a xianqi board, the edges fitted with huangtong hardware; together with a set of thirty-two hardwood xianqi pieces
19¼ in. (49 cm.) square (33)
Provenance
Hei Hung Lu, Hong Kong, 1989.
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