Sale 8486
London, South Kensington
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22 September 1999
Price realised
GBP 460
Estimate
A VIZAGAPATAM IVORY AND HORN CHESS SET Circa 1840 The royal pieces with openwork crowns, bishops with serrated mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks as turrets, all ovoid-knopped stems and spreading bases, pawns conforming king -- 4.1/8in. (10.5cm.); pawns -- 2in. (5cm.) (32)
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