A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as George III with his consort Queen Charlotte versus a Chinese Emperor and Empress, the bishops as advisers, knights on horse back, rooks as caparisoned elephants with mahouts and pawns as foot soldiers, all with finely carved robes
The king -- 4 ¼ in. (10.6 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 ¼ in. (6.3 cm.) high
A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as George III with his consort Queen Charlotte versus a Chinese Emperor and Empress, the bishops as advisers, knights on horse back, rooks as caparisoned elephants with mahouts and pawns as foot soldiers, all with finely carved robes
The king -- 4 ¼ in. (10.6 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 ¼ in. (6.3 cm.) high
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