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THE PROPERTY OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE SIR EMMANUEL KAYE C.B.E. (LOTS 301-451)

AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY GAMES-TABLE TOP

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY, VIZAGAPATAM, ON A MODERN BASE

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY GAMES-TABLE TOP
Late 18th Early 19th Century, Vizagapatam, on a modern base
The circular top inlaid with a removable chess-board enclosing a backgammon board, surrounded by engraved foliate designs, above a reeded frieze, on later simulated bamboo legs, the underside with label inscribed '438^a Rajah of Vizagapatam', previously mounted on a tilt-top base
18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) diam.

來源

Bought from Mallett, London, 1 July 1968 for £395.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

A related chess-board 'davenport' desk was commissioned around 1880 by G.N. Gajapathi Rao, Maharajah of Vizagapatam from the 'Ivory Work-Box Dealer' L. Venkatadas. The desk, exhibited at various exhibitions including the Indian Empire Exhibition, London, 1904, bears a card inscribed 'Exhibitor the Rajah G.N. Gajapati Rao Vizagapatam' (A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 216).