Chess pieces: 32 red and white ivory pieces without board., Complete number of pieces of a chess game. Sixteen cut ivory pieces that have been made red with a dyestuff: these are so-called 'pagan' pieces. The king has a devilish face. The sixteen white pieces are grouped around a cross-bearing king and queen. The towers have the shape of elephants with a tower with a flag on the back, the horses are horsemen with a lance in hand and the pawns are soldiers with halberds. All pieces stand on an oval base, including a sphere with embossed flower vines, a round base under the sphere. Various protruding pieces were broken off. Two blades of the halberds of the pawns are loose., anonymous, Kanton, 1825 - 1850, ivory, cutting, h 11 cm × d 3.8 cm h 10.5 cm × d 3.8 cm h 8.5 cm × d 3.5 cm × h 8.5 cm × d 3.4 cm h 8.1 cm × d 4 cm × h 5.5 cm × d 4.2 cm h 7.8 cm × d 4 cm × h 7.7 cm × d 3.8 cm h 6 cm × d 3.4 cm × h 6 cm × d 3 cm × h 6 cm × d 3.5 cm × h 6.2 cm × d 3 cm × h 6.2 cm × d 3.7 cm × h 6 cm × d 3 cm × h 5.9 cm × d 3.9 cm × h 6 cm × d 3.1 cm h 10.3 cm × d 3.8 cm h 9.9 cm × d 3.8 cm h 8.4 cm × d 3.5 cm × h 8.3 cm h 5.6 cm × d 4 cm × h 8.2 cm × d 4.3 cm h 7.9 cm × d 4 cm × h 7.9 cm × d 4 cm h 5.7 cm × d 3 cm × h 6 cm × d 3 cm × h 5.9 cm × d 3.5 cm × h 5.9 cm × d 3 cm × h 5.7 cm × d 3 cm × h 6.2 cm × d 3.8 cm × h 6 cm × d 3.9 cm × h 5.9 cm × d 3.5 cm

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