拍品 74
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A Dieppe bone bust type chess set
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A Dieppe bone bust type chess set

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

细节
A Dieppe bone bust type chess set
Early 19th century
One side stained, the opposing natural, carved to represent the Moors verses the Europeans
The King -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
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拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Victor Keats, The illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets, Batsford Ltd. 1985, pp. 112-113, pl.136 & 137.
Michael Mark, Chessmen Practical and Ornamental, exhibition catalogue published by Asprey and Chess Collectors International, May 1986, cf. Fig. 16.
Mark mentions that comparable sets of this style were evidently made in Dieppe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A related chess set was sold by Chritie's, South Kensington, The Allen Hofrichter Collection of Chess Sets, 20 September 2000, lot 125.