IVORY CHESS SET Y
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£688
Description
one side stained red, the other left natural, the kings and queens as Emperors and Empresses, the bishops as mandarins, the knights as jousting horsemen, the rooks as elephants and the pawns as soldiers, contained in an carved and ivory-inlaid Indian Vizagapatam softwood box
Dimensions
tallest 11.5cm high