Tang Dynasty Chess Pieces

This set has opposing base colors for player identification.

Retail - $99.95
Our Price - $69.95

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Chess Board sold separately

Dimensions:
King: 4"
Base: 1-5/8"

Single-weighted Plastic Resin hand painted Chessmen

Best described by its colorful depiction of symbolic characters used in The Tang Dynasty. Chinese historical pieces from the ancient Tang Dynasty period. The vibrant colors brings the historical characters to your chess match.

The Tang Dynasty (618-907) is the second great dynasty (called Da Tang ‘å“‚ "Great Tang") of Chinese history that was able to unify a vast territory, to spread its culture and to absorb the cultures of surrounding states and peoples. A great part of Tang aristocracy even was of Non-Chinese origin, and merchants from Inner Asia dwelled the quarters of the capital Chang'an ’·ˆÀ (modern Xi'an �¼ˆÀ/Shaanxi). Trade stretched to the South East Asian archipelago, and the religion of Buddhism spread to Korea and Japan. But at the same time, Confucianism again rose as a semi-religious instrument of state administration and won over Buddhism as a state doctrine. The cultural glory of the Tang Dynasty was not wholly represented by her political performance. After the uprise of a military commander named An Lushan ˆÀâRŽR and a civil war, the central government lost its grip on the local administration and gave way to warlordism in 907 when China was again divided into north and south and many small shortlived dynasties.
Information taken from CHINAKNOWLEDGE - a universal guide for China studies @ http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Tang/tang.html

Shipping Weight

5.75 lb