Description

The liubo (six rods), once a craze from ca. 350 BC to 200 AD, died out by the 4th century and the rules of the game forgotten. We now only know that it was a game of chance, using either the six rods or dice to determine the moves of the pieces. These tally sticks are flat rectangular pieces. Two circles at the top end enclosed by horizontal scored line; three characters in archaic script and a simple circle at the bottom also enclosed by a scored lines. Traces of red and black pigment.