A Canton Export Ivory Chess Set, circa 1820 canton export antique chess set pawns as footsoldiers and musicians

pawns as footsoldiers and musicians

on Turpin"

Provenance: Major Private Collection

the other side simulating ivory

a variation on the Staunton theme

A Canton Export Ivory Chess Set, circa 1820 canton export antique chess set pawns as footsoldiers and musiciansAn Antique Chinese Export Canton Ivory Figural Chess Set, circa 1820 one side stained red, the other side left natural, white king as King George III of Great Britain, white queen as Queen Charlotte, red king as the Chinese Emperor, red queen as the Chinese Empress, bishops as clerics or mandarins, knights as horsemen, rooks as elephants with flags (the white rook bearing the Union Jack), pawns as footsoldiers with muskets and spears King: 12cm high