Exhibition:
27th June to 3rd July - 14h to 20h
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LOT 9:
Chess pieces
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Start price:
€
4,000
Estimated price :
€4,000 - €6,000
Buyer's Premium: 24.6%
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Chess pieces
carved ivory "Hindu armies"
one of the sets dyed green and the other dyed red, both with gilt
India-Mogol - Rajasthan
18th C.
white king with cleft, white queen «Elephant» with missing tusks, white bishop «elephant» with part of the tusk missing, black king and queen «elephants» with missing one tusk, other minor faults and defects
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (rei) 11 cm
Notes: vd. catalogue of the exhibition "Jogos Cruzados - viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente". Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 2022, p. 198, fig. 118.
This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified.
Prospective purchasers are advised by Cabral Moncada Leilões that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to ivory, coral and tortoiseshell.
Accordingly, prospective purchasers should get information concerning relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
