EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A RUSSIAN POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD FIGURAL CHESS SET
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A king modelled as an Orthodox priest versus a regal King, the other figures all depicted in national costume, the knights as horsemen, the rooks as pierced towers
The king -- 4in. (10.2cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high (32)

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Lot Essay

Hans and Siegfried Wichmann, CHESS, Munich 1960, plate 186. A similar set is illustrated and each side represents figures adorned in the national dress of Northern and Southern Russia, with inscriptions to the undersides in Russian and Latin.

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