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An Austrian polychrome carved wood figural chess set
the pieces on contrasting tapering plinths, the kings and queens as husbands and wives, the bishops as young men, the knights as rearing goats, the rooks as towers, the pawns as seated figures of men, all in traditional costume, late 19th/early 20th century -- king 4 7/8in. (12.5cm), pawn 3¼in. (8.3cm)
See Illustration.
the pieces on contrasting tapering plinths, the kings and queens as husbands and wives, the bishops as young men, the knights as rearing goats, the rooks as towers, the pawns as seated figures of men, all in traditional costume, late 19th/early 20th century -- king 4 7/8in. (12.5cm), pawn 3¼in. (8.3cm)
See Illustration.