Chessmen (32)

Medium

Opaline and moss agate

Dimensions

Height (white king, confirmed): 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); Height (white pawns of irregular heights, confirmed): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Height (green king, confirmed): 5 in. (12.7 cm); Height (green pawns of irregular heights, confirmed): 2 3/4 in. (7.1 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Chinese

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.60a–p, aa–pp

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