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CANTON, CIRCA 1860
細節
A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTON, CIRCA 1860
The white king and queen representing Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine, the red side representing a Chinese Emperor and Empress, the bishops as courtiers, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants surmounted by mahouts, the pawns as soldiers, all mounted on foliate carved ball knopped bases
The king -- 4in. (10cm.) high; the pawn -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high
Together with a Chinese-Export gilt-heightened lacquer casket, 19th century
CANTON, CIRCA 1860
The white king and queen representing Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine, the red side representing a Chinese Emperor and Empress, the bishops as courtiers, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants surmounted by mahouts, the pawns as soldiers, all mounted on foliate carved ball knopped bases
The king -- 4in. (10cm.) high; the pawn -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high
Together with a Chinese-Export gilt-heightened lacquer casket, 19th century
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