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MACAO, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT IVORY 'BURMESE' PATTERN CHESS SET
MACAO, MID-19TH CENTURY
The king and queen carved with pierced fleur-de-lys ball knop crowns, the bishops carved as mitres with clerics faces, the knights as harnessed horses' heads, the rooks as foliate carved towers
The king -- 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high
MACAO, MID-19TH CENTURY
The king and queen carved with pierced fleur-de-lys ball knop crowns, the bishops carved as mitres with clerics faces, the knights as harnessed horses' heads, the rooks as foliate carved towers
The king -- 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 ½ in. (6.5 cm.) high
Special notice
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