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Liubo chess set Early Western Han Dynasty (206 to 168 BC) Height 17cm, length: 45cm, width: 45. Unearthed from Tomb No.3 (Li Xi’s Tomb) Liubo was an elegant competitive game. It was already commonplace in the pre-Qin era, and became especially popular during the Han Dynasty. Everyone loved to play, from the emperor and his officials to the common folk. This liubo set included one liubo board, 12 large playing pieces - six white and six black, twenty small playing pieces, 42 chips, a carving knife, a sharpening knife and a dice, all contained in a lacquered box. The dice has 18 sides, featuring the numbers 1-16, and the remaining two sides with two Chinese characters respectively. When playing, two players sit down on the two sides of the board and face each other, holding black and white chess pieces respectively. Two players would alternately cast the die and move the chessman, and the one who obtained more chips would be the winner.