Chess set and box-board

Medium

Base metal, silvered, and silver-gilt

Dimensions

Height (each king): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Overall (box): 4 3/4 × 12 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (12.1 × 32.1 × 31.8 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Indian or Turkish chessmen with probably German bases

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953

Accession Number

53.71.99a–p, aa–pp, q

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