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CANTONESE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTONESE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens modelled as Emperors and Empresses, the bishops as Mandarins, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants with turrets and pawns of large size modelled as foot soldiers
The king - 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; the pawns 3 in. (7 cm.) high
CANTONESE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens modelled as Emperors and Empresses, the bishops as Mandarins, knights on horseback, rooks as elephants with turrets and pawns of large size modelled as foot soldiers
The king - 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; the pawns 3 in. (7 cm.) high
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