CIRCA 1860

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A tall Vizigapatnam ivory chess set
Circa 1860
One side stained green, the opposing natural, the rooks with imbricated turret finials, all mounted on turned baluster stems
King -- 7.7/8in. (20cm.) high; pawn -- 3½in. (9cm.) high

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium. All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE. On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING EXPORT OF IVORY ON PAGE 5.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Jessie McNab Dennis & Charles K Wilkinson, Chess: East, West, Past and Present,The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1968, Fig.16.
A similar design is also in the London Museum reputedly given to Samuel Pepys by James II, however it is widely held that the set was owned by his descendants.

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