Indian “Polo Knight”, Rajasthan, circa 1900 antique chess set and board for sale colourful chromolithographic graphics

colourful chromolithographic graphics

with gilt-tooled decoration and blind-stamped foliate decoration to the borders

632 pages in full 18th century leather

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boxwood and holly veneer mounted on linen (ink inscription to the underside)

Indian “Polo Knight”, Rajasthan, circa 1900 antique chess set and board for sale colourful chromolithographic graphicsAn Unusual Indian Ivory Polo Knight, probably Rajasthan, circa 1900 the helmeted rider on a prancing horse, with reins, over a gadrooned circular base (traces of green stain remaining, some age cracking) Width: 5. 2cm Height: 8cm Provenance: The Gareth Williams Chess Collection Stock Reference: VW 1649 Important Notice on the Export of Antique Elephant Ivory (CITES) Please note that as the chess set contains antique elephant ivory (dating from earlier