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A CHINESE IVORY CHESS SET
CIRCA 1900
Red stained and natural, modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as mandarins, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants surmounted by turret and mahout, pawns as soldiers on waisted plinth bases
The tallest 5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high (32)
CIRCA 1900
Red stained and natural, modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as mandarins, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants surmounted by turret and mahout, pawns as soldiers on waisted plinth bases
The tallest 5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high (32)
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