Interesting Indian Bone Chess Set, 19th century
An Interesting Indian Bone Chess Set, 19th century
presumably made for export, one side with green stained highlights, the other side with dark red/brown highlights, kings as seated monarchs raised on high columns, queens similar, as seated princes raised on high columns, bishops as camels raised on columns, knights as horses, taller than the bishops and raised on columns, rooks as elephants raised on columns, the pawns turned and with flat knops, with an embroidered cloth board in silk and cotton
Kings: 13cm high
Pawns: 6cm high
Cloth Board: 56cm wide
Stock Reference: ALB 1676
Provenance: Private Chess Collection
Condition
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