187 SOLD Vintage Embroidered Cotton Shatranj Game Board

Antique "Chopat" Game Board

with a compartment to hold the game tokens.

This is the game of dice through which the Pandavas lost their empire in the epic "Mahabharat". Exactly like Ludo.

Cotton Embroidery on handwoven Cotton Base.

Mirrors in the central portion that is also the compartment for the gaming tokens.

Gujarat

Estimated to be from the 1960s-1970s

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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