Chessmen (32)

Medium

Ivory and whalebone

Dimensions

Height (each king): 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

probably Indian, Madras Presidency

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.170a–p, aa–pp

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