Chinese Game of "Chai Moi"
Attributed to
John Thomson
(Scottish, 1837 - 1921)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.69 × 5.41 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.73
Signednone
InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Chinese Game of / "chai Mai" / This is an universal game in China / and the meaning of the expression "Chai Moi", is counting by fingers.-- / Whenever a few friends meet together, / even in private house, it is frequently / the custom to resort to this simple game, / which consists of guessing the number / of fingers exposed, in an instant, -- who-/ ever fails pays for whatever is ordered, it / is not unlike what is known as "odd man / pays" especially when played by three, / and affords considerable merriment. The / Japanese have a game not unlike "Chai / Moi" but with this difference--that it is / played with both hands instead of one. / The winners call for whatever wine or / other drink they like, and the losers have / to settle the score.--";
Handwritten on paper attached to mount verso, top, in black pen: "My Domestics B..[?] left [?] / Cook on right Office Boy / [?] in centre. / [?] Boy [?]"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionHand colored image of six men seated around a small table. One man has his hand outstretched and another raises his thumb.
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