Live Auction 8524Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A GERMAN AMBER CHESS SET
Lot 490

A GERMAN AMBER CHESS SET

18TH CENTURY

Closed26 March 2013

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GBP 12,500

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A GERMAN AMBER CHESS SET
18TH CENTURY
With opposing transparent and opaque sides, the kings and queens with crowns
The king -- 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1½ in. (3.7 cm.) high

Sotheby's, New York, 4 October 1979, lot 525.
Dr Ernst Boehlen Collection.

Specialist note

Amber has long been prized for it's transulcent beauty, and in earlier times for its magical qualities, favoured in 16th and 17th Century Germany. For a similar set see Chessmen, A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1973, p.43, fig.53.