Chessmen (32)

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19th–20th century · Ivory · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The set is for Muslim players. As will be seen by comparison with other Indian Muslim sets, there are considerable variations in the shapes of these nonfigural pieces. None gives any indication of what it originally represented. By their size the king and queen gain a more important appearance; the rook is a diminuitive edition of the same form.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th–20th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Indian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953