A Chinese Staunton Ivory Chess Set and Board
A Chinese Staunton Ivory Chess Set and Board
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An Antique Chinese Export Cantonese Ivory Chess Set in the Staunton style, circa 1850-1900
one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings surmounted with crosses, knights with spiked manes and bearing teeth, in a Chinese wooden box with a folding lid, together with a late 19th century folding leather chess board, with back and red squares, tooled in gilt and with a blind-stamped Greek Key pattern border (2)
King: 10cm high
Pawn: 4.3cm high
Board: 45cm x 45cm (when open, each chess square 5cm wide)
Stock Reference: BL 1064
Provenance: Phillips, Sale No: 832, Lot 35