Chessmen (32) and board with box

Medium

Jade, brown onyx marble, bronze, mother-of-pearl

Dimensions

Height (green king, confirmed): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Height (green pawn, confirmed): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Height (brown king, confirmed): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Height (brown pawn, confirmed): 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Overall (board, confirmed): 14 1/8 × 14 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (35.9 × 35.9 × 3.5 cm); Overall (original box): 3 3/4 × 15 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (35.9 × 35.9 × 3.5 cm)

Classification

Chess Sets

Culture

Indian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948

Accession Number

48.174.43a–p, aa–pp, q, r

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