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White-glazed porcelain Weiqi chessboard

15th year of Kaihuang's reign of the Sui Dynasty£¨A.D.595£©

Unearthed at Anyang, Henan

Height: 4cm

This white-glazed chessboard Unearthed at the tomb of Zhang Sheng has 19 vertical stripes and 19 horizontal stripes, forming 361 intersecting points. It is the earliest example of weiqi chessboard with 19 stripes discovered in China so far.


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