Lot Essay
G.Williams discuss in Master Pieces similar chess pieces in The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the British Museum London dated to the 17th century.
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POSSIBLY EGYPTIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Details
SEVEN CORAL-MOUNTED MARINE IVORY MUSLIM TYPE CHESS PIECES
POSSIBLY EGYPTIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of abstract form
The king -- 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
POSSIBLY EGYPTIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Of abstract form
The king -- 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
Literature
G. Williams, Master Pieces, Apple Press, 2000, p.90.
Special notice
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