A Chinese ivory chess set
red-stained and natural, the royal pieces with openwork crowns, the bishops with mitres, the rooks as flagged turrets, the knights with horses heads, on foliate carved baluster stems with circular bases, the kings 2.3/8in. high, the pawns 1½in. (3.8cm.) high
A Chinese ivory chess set
red-stained and natural, the royal pieces with openwork crowns, the bishops with mitres, the rooks as flagged turrets, the knights with horses heads, on foliate carved baluster stems with circular bases, the kings 2.3/8in. high, the pawns 1½in. (3.8cm.) high
