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A SET OF SIXTEEN ENAMELLED AND INSET GAMESPIECES TOGETHER WITH THREE ASSOCIATED DICE

MUGHAL OR DECCANI, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SIXTEEN ENAMELLED AND INSET GAMESPIECES TOGETHER WITH THREE ASSOCIATED DICE
Mughal or Deccani, late 18th or early 19th century
Each piece of pointed domed form with flat base, decorated in four groups of four on green, red, blue or yellow enamel grounds with floral motifs executed in a variety of colours, the tops inset, the base of each group of four with similar floral enamelled design on the underside, the dice of long oblong form inset with diamonds forming the stones, generally good condition
games pieces 1 1/8 in. (2.7 cm.) high; dice 2¾ in. (7.1 cm.) long

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拍品專文

These pieces are either for the game of pachisi or for chaupur. Both are played on a cross-shaped board by two or more players. Both games make infrequent appearances in Indian miniature paintings, sometimes associated with the months (Christie's, 8 October 1991, lot 15; The Month of Kartik when gambling is recommended according to Keshav Das) or even as a feature of a ragamala series (Archer, W.G.: Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1973, Kahlur no.19a). Both are separately identified in an album in the India Office Library (Falk, Toby and Archer, Mildred: Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, no.523, mins.xi and xviii, unillustrated). The differences between the two games are however difficult to determine: The Ragamala miniature noted above is noted by Archer as depicting chaupur, while F Aijazzuddin (Pahari Paintings and Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum, London, 1977) refers to the same painting as depicting pachisi. Originally played with cowrie shells, complete jewelled sets of pieces together with the original dice are extremely unusual to find.