Bidspirit auction | A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER BACKGAMMON

A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER BACKGAMMON SET, LATE 19TH CENTURY. Decorated in black and gold lacquer with panels of seated figures of boys and scholars within borders of scrolling flowers, key fret and figures in gardens of pavilions. Together with thirty bone counters, two dice with two shakers. Size when closed 49cm x 25cm x 10cm. Provenance: Private collection in Wiltshire acquired in the Far East circa 1905, thence by descent.