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A red stained and natural ivory figural chess set
Chinese, 20th century
the pieces elaborately carved in traditional costume, rooks depicted as elephants with tapering castellated mounts surmounted by flags, knights depicted as figures on horseback, pawns also figural with shields -- king 4½in. (11.5cm.), pawn 1½in. (4cm.); in a fitted folding papier mâché board, the black ground heightened with gilt, the borders decorated with chinoiserie
Chinese, 20th century
the pieces elaborately carved in traditional costume, rooks depicted as elephants with tapering castellated mounts surmounted by flags, knights depicted as figures on horseback, pawns also figural with shields -- king 4½in. (11.5cm.), pawn 1½in. (4cm.); in a fitted folding papier mâché board, the black ground heightened with gilt, the borders decorated with chinoiserie