Details
A figural two coloured soapstone chess set
African, 20th century
kings wearing crowns, queens cradling infants, knights carrying shields, rooks of tapering turret form, pawns sculptured as mens heads -- king 5¼in. (13.5cm.), pawn 2in. (5cm.)
African, 20th century
kings wearing crowns, queens cradling infants, knights carrying shields, rooks of tapering turret form, pawns sculptured as mens heads -- king 5¼in. (13.5cm.), pawn 2in. (5cm.)
Literature
Victor Keats, Chessmen for Collectors, Page 204, Ill.237.