A MUSLIM TYPE IVORY AND HORN CHESS SET, PROBABLY ALGERIAN 19TH CENTURY

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A MUSLIM TYPE IVORY AND HORN CHESS SET, PROBABLY ALGERIAN 19TH CENTURY
The royal pieces of mushroom-shape, the tops carved with radiating stiff-leaf ornament, the queens distinguished by horn and ivory inlaid nipples to the tops, the bishops with crescent finials, the knights and rooks with inverted trumpet-shaped finials, distinguished by horn and ivory inlaid nipples to the tops
the kings -- 2in. (5cm) high, the pawns -- 1½in. (3.8cm) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Exhibition catalogue: Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde München, Privatsmmlung Jaeger, Wandel im Laufe der Kunst - und Kulturgeschichte, U. Siebert, J.L. Rousselot, A. Jaeger, H. Jager. P.40, fig.032.
Victor Keats, Chessmen for Collectors, Batsford, London 1985. P.45, fig.44.

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