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A Macao ivory chess set
red stained and natural, the royal pieces with openwork crowns and fruiting finials, the bishops with mitres, the knights with horses heads, the rooks with flags, the stems carved with foliage and birds and bases with stiff-leaf borders, the kings -- 4¾in. (12cm) high; the pawns -- 2.3/8in. (6cm) high; and a mahogany converted box
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red stained and natural, the royal pieces with openwork crowns and fruiting finials, the bishops with mitres, the knights with horses heads, the rooks with flags, the stems carved with foliage and birds and bases with stiff-leaf borders, the kings -- 4¾in. (12cm) high; the pawns -- 2.3/8in. (6cm) high; and a mahogany converted box
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