A Burmese hardwood figural part chess set

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A Burmese hardwood figural part chess set
comprising twenty four pieces, traces of lacquer in red and black, the king and queen carved as deities, the bishops as temples, knights as equestrian figures, rooks as elephants with mahouts, pawns as crouching warriors, the red side lacking a knight, the black side lacking king, bishop, knight and four pawns, 18th century -- king 2¾in. (7cm), pawn 2in. (5cm) (24) (24)

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson, Chessmen, Octopus Books Limited, London 1973. Page 66, comparative example illustrated plate 80.

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