A GERMAN AMBER CHESS SET
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A GERMAN AMBER CHESS SET

18TH CENTURY

已結束2013年3月26日

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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.

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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.