A Mahjong Set, circa 1925 antique chess shop alternate rosewood and boxwood chess

alternate rosewood and boxwood chess squares and foliate decoration to the drawer

Provenance: Private British Chess Collection

The Chess Collector

An inlaid lacquered wooden chess board

Phillips New Bond Street

A Mahjong Set, circa 1925 antique chess shop alternate rosewood and boxwood chessA Chinese Mahjong Set, Shanghai, circa 1925 in a wooden box with brass carrying handle and a sliding front panel revealing five drawers holding bone and bamboo tiles (36 circles, 36 bamboos, 36 characters, four red dragons, four green dragons, four white dragons, 16 winds, 8 bonus tiles and 4 blank tiles); bone scoring sticks, 4 miniature die in a wooden box with sliding lid, Ming box with four discs, and four material pouches, and original