A GEM SET AND ENAMELLED CHESS SET PROBABLY JAIPUR, NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1840-1880 Comprising 32 pieces, the gold figures on a lac core, decorated with champlevé enamels, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls and agate; divided into two typical groups of sixteen, each group comprising two standing male figures, two elephants, two horses, two camels and eight foot soldiers (pawns), the base of each figure with a miniature painted in gouache on ivory depicting monuments and portraits The largest 2 ¼in. (5.7cm) high; 0 ¾in. (2cm.) wide; 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) deep Provenance By repute, Maharaja of Indore
A GEM SET AND ENAMELLED CHESS SET PROBABLY JAIPUR, NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1840-1880 Comprising 32 pieces, the gold figures on a lac core, decorated with champlevé enamels, set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls and agate; divided into two typical groups of sixteen, each group comprising two standing male figures, two elephants, two horses, two camels and eight foot soldiers (pawns), the base of each figure with a miniature painted in gouache on ivory depicting monuments and portraits The largest 2 ¼in. (5.7cm) high; 0 ¾in. (2cm.) wide; 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) deep Provenance By repute, Maharaja of Indore
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