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CANTON, MID 19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTON, MID 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as dignatries, knights on horse back, the rooks as caparisoned elephants and the pawns as foot soldiers
The king -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high
CANTON, MID 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as dignatries, knights on horse back, the rooks as caparisoned elephants and the pawns as foot soldiers
The king -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high
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