Chess Set
1st half 19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Set of chessmen - 31 pieces (1 red pawn missing). Decorated with delicately painted vertical floral bands.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 31 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Turned ivory, painted red or green and gilt. |
| Brief description | Burmese set of chessmen of turned ivory, painted and gilt decorated with floral bands. ca. 1st half of 19th century. |
| Physical description | Set of chessmen - 31 pieces (1 red pawn missing). Decorated with delicately painted vertical floral bands. |
| Dimensions | The height of the 31 pieces range from 2 cm to 4.5 cm. |
| Production | The inventory of the objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington for the years 1852 to the end of 1867, printed 1868, claim this set to be "Burmese, modern". In 1995 the chess expert Victor Keats suggested that as this chess set is non-figurative it is likely to have had a Muslim origin. |
| Bibliographic reference | Keats, Victor. Chessmen for Collectors
Ferrars, Max and Bertha. Burma
London 1901; 180p., ill.403
Shway Yoe. The Burman - His Life and Notions
Macmillan, London 1882. Chapter 37. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4021DD-1852 |
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| Record created | November 17, 1999 |
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