Bidspirit auction | A Vintage Chinese Cased Weiqi

A Vintage Chinese Cased Weiqi Game Set and a Hand-Painted Bamboo and Paper Parasol - This lot comprises two Chinese decorative objects: a cased board game and a folding parasol. The Weiqi (Go) set is housed in a rectangular wooden box with a red-tinted covering and brass hardware. The lid is decorated with gilt-effect motifs including a central Double Happiness symbol (囍), a dragon, a phoenix, and foliate corner patterns. The interior of the box and two internal octagonal containers are lined with printed paper. The lid lining features woodcut-style illustrations of figures and columns of Chinese characters identifying the text as Bai Jia Xing (Hundred Family Surnames). The internal containers are lined with paper featuring an astrological chart of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. The set contains a quantity of black and white lenticular glass stones. The second item is a traditional parasol featuring a bamboo frame and ribs with a white string-bound hub. The canopy, constructed of paper or treated silk, is hand-painted with figures in a landscape and vertical columns of Chinese calligraphy. Box length: 24 cm Parasol length (folded): 57 cm.