PROBABLY FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET, MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED BONE CHESS SET
PROBABLY FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET, MID-19TH CENTURY
One side stained red, the opposing natural
The king -- 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar Anglo-Indian chess set was sold in these Rooms, 28 March 2006, lot 576. This unusual example of a playing set carved with stylised acanthus leaves over a more typical Staunton style design, was probably commissioned for the English market. For a similar example see Jessie McNab Dennis, A Selection from the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1968, plate 92.

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