A Vizigapatnum ivory chess set, mid.19th century
red-stained and natural, the royal pieces as tapered multi-knopped columns with fretwork banding and foliate finials, the bishops with cone finials, rooks with pennants, knights with horses heads, some damages and missing one pawn, the kings 4½in. (11.5cm.) high, the pawns 1½in. (3.8cm.) high
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A Vizigapatnum ivory chess set, mid.19th century
red-stained and natural, the royal pieces as tapered multi-knopped columns with fretwork banding and foliate finials, the bishops with cone finials, rooks with pennants, knights with horses heads, some damages and missing one pawn, the kings 4½in. (11.5cm.) high, the pawns 1½in. (3.8cm.) high
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