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An Indonesian carved wooden chess set and board, 20th century
stained red-brown and black, the royal pieces carved in stylised human form, the bishops, rooks and pawns as exotic beasts, the knights as winged beasts -- the kings 6.5/8in. (16.8cm.) high, the pawns 3.1/8in. (8cm.) high; in folding games box of octagonal form when open, inlaid with chess and backgammon boards, Oriental-style foliate carved decoration overall, with four conforming scroll legs
stained red-brown and black, the royal pieces carved in stylised human form, the bishops, rooks and pawns as exotic beasts, the knights as winged beasts -- the kings 6.5/8in. (16.8cm.) high, the pawns 3.1/8in. (8cm.) high; in folding games box of octagonal form when open, inlaid with chess and backgammon boards, Oriental-style foliate carved decoration overall, with four conforming scroll legs