Chessmen (32)

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19th century · Ivory · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The pawns, human male heads wearing turbans, have red and green forehead marks to match their bases. All the pieces are figural, and the arrangement—the king and minister being male half-figures, the bishop a camel, the knight a horse, and the rook an elephant—is exceedingly common in Indian chess.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Indian, possibly Jaipur

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948