A 19th century Muslim ivory chess set, the two sides with engraved red and brown geometric motifs,


A 19th century Muslim ivory chess set, the two sides with engraved red and brown geometric motifs, kings 2in. CONDITION: Red - King has lost it's finial, otherwise good order although some of the red inlay is rather faded, all pieces except for the pawns have black rings to the underside which are partially eroded Brown - chipped section away from the top finial of the Queen, hairline crack to the base of one of the bishops, sections missing from the edges of the rosette finials of the castles, similar black marks to the underside of the main pieces, some fading to the coloured decoration.


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