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CANTON, CIRCA 1870
細節
A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET
CANTON, CIRCA 1870
The white and red side modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as mandrins, knights on horse back, rooks as elephants surmounted by a turret and mahout, pawns and soldiers on waisted plinth bases
The king -- 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high
CANTON, CIRCA 1870
The white and red side modelled as Emperors and Empresses, bishops as mandrins, knights on horse back, rooks as elephants surmounted by a turret and mahout, pawns and soldiers on waisted plinth bases
The king -- 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high
出版
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 174, page 208.
注意事項
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