Chessmen (32) and board

Medium

Amber, clear and cloudy

Dimensions

board: 1 9/16 × 11 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (4 × 30 × 30 cm); Height (clear queen): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Height (clear king): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (clear bishop): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Height (clear knight): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Height (clear rook): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Height (clear pawn): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Height (opaque queen): 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Height (opaque king): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Height (opaque bishop): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Height (opaque knight): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (opaque rook): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Height (opaque pawn): 2 3/8 in. (6 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

48.174.19a–p, aa–pp, q

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