A CEYLONESE CARVED EBONY AND SOFTWOOD FIGURAL CHESS SET
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A CEYLONESE CARVED EBONY AND SOFTWOOD FIGURAL CHESS SET

LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A CEYLONESE CARVED EBONY AND SOFTWOOD FIGURAL CHESS SET
LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The knights modelled as elephants, the rooks as towers
The king -- 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) high; the pawn -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high
Together with a biscuit ceramic white and black Ceylonese style figural set, the king and queen in the lotus position, the pawns as flower buds, the king -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high; the pawn -- 2in. (5cm.) high (2)
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