mah jong components

Mah Jong (麻將) set contained in a front-opening rectangular wooden box, with two brass handles on top, the corners reinforced with metal. The front panel has 'Ma Jong' written on it in black and gold, and in Chinese characters; it slides upwards to open the box. Inside the box are four narrow drawers, with a handle formed of a circle or loop of metal on each except the third and there is a fifth deeper drawer. Inside the top four drawers are bone and bamboo mah jong tiles. The bottom drawer has compartments and contains other mah jong components including counting sticks, papers, die and counters. The set of 144 Mah Jong (麻將) tiles consists of 36 tiles in the Bamboo suit, 36 in the Circle suit, 36 in the Character suit, 16 Wind tiles, 12 Dragon tiles and 8 bonus tiles (4 Flowers and 4 Seasons).The tiles are bone with bamboo backs, with the designs in black, red or green.

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