chess board; chess pieces

Set of Chinese chessmen (Xiangqi) with 30 pieces, red versus blue. 16 blue chess pieces attached on wooden display board, 1 blue minister, 1 red horse and 1red soldier are missing. Round, turned ivory disks marked with engraved Chinese characters: 1 general (jiang), 1 marshal (shuai), 4 counselors (shi), 2 elephants (xiang), 1 minister (xiang), 3 horses (ma), 4 chariots (pronounced 'ju' or 'che'), 2 cannons (pao), 2 catapults (pao), 10 soldiers (consisting of 6 'zu' and 4 'bing'); either filled with blue paste within red circle or vice versa.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
4680
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 13 mm x 250 mm x 150 mm; 1/2 in x 9 13/16 in x 5 7/8 in
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; ivory; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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