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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: daxu on December 14, 2013, 12:43:09 PM

Title: China exports not only porcelain
Post by: daxu on December 14, 2013, 12:43:09 PM

Bought this for fun today :D. But can't find any information about age.

Can someone help?

Title: Re: China exports not only porcelain
Post by: daxu on December 14, 2013, 12:45:08 PM

bit more

Title: Re: China exports not only porcelain
Post by: bigwull on December 14, 2013, 05:56:06 PM

Mahjong tiles...looks like one tray from a box set...lots on ebay...from cheap to not so cheap....could be from 1950,s...as a guesstimate....ther e are around 144 tiles in that tray....which if my memory serves me well is a set

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Mah-Jong-/2556/i.html

Title: Re: China exports not only porcelain
Post by: KC on December 14, 2013, 10:29:38 PM

Ding Ding....Wullie go that right!  Only part of a MahJong set of tiles.  Most likely plastic.  Older and expensive sets were once made of ivory.