RARE CANTON CARVED IVORY PUZZLEBALL CHESS KING PIECE Y
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£750
Auction: 11 March 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Description
清 象牙鏤雕喬治三世西洋棋子
finely carved as King George III as part of a chess set, he stands on an elevated platform atop elaborately carved ball-within-a-ball ‘puzzleball’ pedestal bases
Dimensions
16.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private Scottish collection