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    Furniture, Carpets & Decorative Objects

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    30 October 2007

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    • AN INDIAN GILT-HEIGHTENED POLY
    Lot 733

    AN INDIAN GILT-HEIGHTENED POLYCHROME CARVED IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET

    LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,375

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    AN INDIAN GILT-HEIGHTENED POLYCHROME CARVED IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET
    LATE 19TH CENTURY
    The kings and queens modelled as turbanned princes and counsellors, the bishops as camel riders, the knights on horse back, the rooks as elephants with mahouts, the pawns as turbanned warriors, later painted
    The king -- 3½in. (9cm.) high; the pawn -- 2in. (5cm.) high

    Provenance

    The Property of Amos Smith Esq. Christie's, London, 18 June, 1979, lot 68.

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    This lot is offered without reserve.
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