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A Vizigapatnam ivory chess set
brown stained and natural, incomplete, lacking the stained rook and with an extra stained pawn, the royal pieces with openwork crown finials, the bishops with pierced mitres, the knights with horses heads, the castellated rooks with flags, on fluted stems and domed bases, losses and damages, the kings -- 5¾in. (14.5cm) high, the pawns -- 3in. (7.5cm) high; and a rosewood casket
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brown stained and natural, incomplete, lacking the stained rook and with an extra stained pawn, the royal pieces with openwork crown finials, the bishops with pierced mitres, the knights with horses heads, the castellated rooks with flags, on fluted stems and domed bases, losses and damages, the kings -- 5¾in. (14.5cm) high, the pawns -- 3in. (7.5cm) high; and a rosewood casket
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