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LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
細節
AN ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens depicted in blue and red robes, the bishops as camel riders, the knights on horse back, both bearing weapons, the rooks as turrets with flags, the pawns as foot soldiers with rifles
The king -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens depicted in blue and red robes, the bishops as camel riders, the knights on horse back, both bearing weapons, the rooks as turrets with flags, the pawns as foot soldiers with rifles
The king -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
來源
The Dr Jean-Claude Cholet Collection of Chess Sets, Christie's, South Kensington, 2 May 2007, lot 144.
注意事項
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