拍品 57
57
A Makondi hardwood chess set, early 20th century

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A Makondi hardwood chess set, early 20th century
in dark and light hues, the royal pieces and bishops carved with human heads, kings with conical-shaped hats, queens with onion-dome shaped hats, bishops with mitre type hats, knights as elephant heads, rooks as tribal huts, pawns modelled as clenched fists, king -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm) high, pawns -- 1¾in. (4.5cm) high
See Illustration.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Frank Greygoose, Chessmen, David and Charles, London 1979. P.146, fig.162.