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An ivory figural chess set
Chinese, 19th century
red stained and natural, the white king and queen carved as George III and Queen Charlotte, the crowned monarch holding a sceptre, queen carrying the orb, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants, all pieces on oval plinths and foliate carved bulbus stems on circular bases -- king 4¼in. (11cm.), pawn 2in. (5cm.); and an unassociated rook.
Chinese, 19th century
red stained and natural, the white king and queen carved as George III and Queen Charlotte, the crowned monarch holding a sceptre, queen carrying the orb, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants, all pieces on oval plinths and foliate carved bulbus stems on circular bases -- king 4¼in. (11cm.), pawn 2in. (5cm.); and an unassociated rook.