Lot 824
824
A GERMAN POLYCHROME CARVED AND TURNED BONE BUST SET
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A GERMAN POLYCHROME CARVED AND TURNED BONE BUST SET

GEISLINGEN, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN POLYCHROME CARVED AND TURNED BONE BUST SET
GEISLINGEN, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens as petal-shaped tiers on baluster knopped stems, the bishops modelled as fous wearing tri-corn hats, the knights as sea-horses, the rooks as turrets with petal-shaped battlements, re-stained and re-decorated
The king -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Michael Mark, CHESSMEN PRACTICAL AND ORNAMENTAL, exhibition catalogue 1986, fig.17.

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