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Auction archive: Lot number 442

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AND THE WHITES'

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,611 - US$64,352
Price realised:
£75,000
ca. US$96,528
Auction archive: Lot number 442

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AND THE WHITES'

Estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
ca. US$38,611 - US$64,352
Price realised:
£75,000
ca. US$96,528
Beschreibung:

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AND THE WHITES' BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1933-1934 After the design by Natalia Danko, on the White side, the King is designed as Death, the Queen as Fortuna with a cornucopia, the Bishops as White Army officers, the Knights as armoured horses surmounted with double-headed eagles, the Rooks as boats, and the Pawns as chained serfs; on the Red side, the King is designed as a blacksmith, the Queen as a peasant woman, the Bishops as soldiers of the Red Army, the Knights as horses with red stars, the Rooks as boats, and the Pawns as workers bearing sickles and sheaves of corn, all marked under bases with blue hammer, sickle and cog and dated '1933' or '1934' The White King, 4 3/8 in. (10.9 cm.) high and smaller

Auction archive: Lot number 442
Auction:
Datum:
25 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A RARE SOVIET PORCELAIN CHESS SET 'THE REDS AND THE WHITES' BY THE STATE PORCELAIN FACTORY, LENINGRAD, 1933-1934 After the design by Natalia Danko, on the White side, the King is designed as Death, the Queen as Fortuna with a cornucopia, the Bishops as White Army officers, the Knights as armoured horses surmounted with double-headed eagles, the Rooks as boats, and the Pawns as chained serfs; on the Red side, the King is designed as a blacksmith, the Queen as a peasant woman, the Bishops as soldiers of the Red Army, the Knights as horses with red stars, the Rooks as boats, and the Pawns as workers bearing sickles and sheaves of corn, all marked under bases with blue hammer, sickle and cog and dated '1933' or '1934' The White King, 4 3/8 in. (10.9 cm.) high and smaller

Auction archive: Lot number 442
Auction:
Datum:
25 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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