Chess pieces carved ivory one set dyed green, the other red Indian (islamic) 19th C. minor faults, small restoration, wear on the decoration, one green bishop with faded green Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (Rei) 5 cm Notes: vd.  similar pieces in WICHMANN, Hans and WICHMANN, Siegfried - "Chess - The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times". London: Paul Hamlyn Ltd, 1964, fig. 109. In the same book one can find references to similar sets belonging to the following collections: Metropolitan Museum, New York (catalogue number 48.174.11); Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul; Hammond Collection, London (cf. HAMMOND, Alex - "The Book of Chessmen". London, 1950); British Museum, London.
Other similar pieces were part of the exhibition "Schachpartie durch Zeiten und Welten" in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, from May 5th to August 28th in 2005, and are reproduced in its catalogue as figs. 138 and 141.
Other similar pieces were part of the exhibition "Jogos Cruzados - Viagens entre Oriente e Ocidente", held at the Museum of Ancient Art, from June 14th to September 25th, 2022, and is reproduced in its catalogue, p. 194, fig. 114.


a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr nº 22PTLX02815C;
b) Several countries prohibit the import of goods that incorporate materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and turtle;
c) In Portugal, according to the forecast transposition into the Portuguese legislation of the more recent EU guidance document concerning ivory commerce, the issuing of reexport certifications for non EU countries is suspended;
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