Six chess pieces - red King and Queen, bishops and knights

Six chess pieces - red King and Queen, bishops and knights
carved, painted and gilt ivory
Indian - Rajasthan
19th C.
various faults and defects, wear on polychrome
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (a maior) 11 cm
Notes: a similar set was part of the exhibition "Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente" in Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, from the 14th of June to the 25th of September of 2022, and is reproduced in its catalogue, p. 187, fig. 3.

Another similar set is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York - vd. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/199977?ft=C, visited on 14.11.2023 at 11:34.

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