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Vintage 1920's Chinese MahJong Set - Bone & Bamboo Tiles - Rosewood Box Dovetail
$ 132
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Description
Vintage,
1920's
,
30
's Chinese
hand-made
:
Mahjong Game Set
(
麻將
牌 or
麻雀
牌)
,
w/
rosewood dovetailed box
with
brass handles/corners
(
Paktong
) and two drawers,
and bone counters (on top drawer),
and original 9-page
Instruction booklet
Made in
Shanghai
, China
145 pieces
in total, made with
bone & bamboo
,
hand engraved
number on each tile. Usually
144
pieces is
needed
.
Nice rosewood box and drawers in very good condition (see pictures), with the front panel broken (see pictures, picture #10,11). The box still functions without it.
Of all the tiles, "8 cylinder" (or '8 dot', '8 circle') is missing, but you can use a substitute, see for example picture #3, 3rd column, 2nd row from the bottom. There are 8 blank "White Tiles", usually only 4 are used, so you have extras to be used as substitutes in the future. Also, the single piece sitting on top is from a redundant Flower Set, because according to the Instruction, you can play with one set of Flower Tiles. The rules about the usage of Flower Tiles are flexible.
So, this set is
ready to be played
.