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VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1850
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AN INDIAN-EXPORT IVORY CHESS SET
VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1850
The one side stained red, the kings with pieced galleries and lotus-leaf knopped crowns, the queens with lotus-leaf crowns, bishops with pierced flaming mitres, the knights as horses' heads carved with bridles, the rooks as crenellated turrets with flags, the pawns with foliate knopped baluster stems
The king -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1850
The one side stained red, the kings with pieced galleries and lotus-leaf knopped crowns, the queens with lotus-leaf crowns, bishops with pierced flaming mitres, the knights as horses' heads carved with bridles, the rooks as crenellated turrets with flags, the pawns with foliate knopped baluster stems
The king -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
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