88 - A Chinese gold, silver and turquoise-inlaid bronze eighteen-sided die

A Chinese gold, silver and turquoise-inlaid bronze eighteen-sided die Western Han dynasty Two of the faces inlaid with characters, the others with the numbers one to sixteen, 2.5cm wide.(Import Duty Charged on the Hammer Price)落槌價徵收進口關稅 西漢 酒令骰 Dice such as the present lot were used in the Western Han dynasty for drinking games. The two faces with characters jiao (meaning 'good go') and jiu lai 酒來 (drink wine), indicated the actions, the numbers indicated the number of cups the player was supposed to drink. Cf. A similar die is in the Hebei Provincial Museum, excavated in 1968 from Tomb 2 at Lingshan, Mancheng, Hebei. The object formed part of the funerary furnishings of an aristocratic tomb of the Western Han dynasty. 此類骰子在西漢時用於行酒令钱游戲。其中16个面上用篆书刻着数字“一”到“十六”，另外两个面则写着“酒来”和“骄”字，用來向行酒者下發指令。 參閲：一個類似的骰子請見河北省博博物院館藏错金银镶嵌铜骰子，於1968年出土自河北滿城陵山二號墓，為西漢時期一座貴族墓葬的隨葬品之一。