Harcroft House Sale
Live Auction, 18 November 2019
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 8 442
Shipping
About this Item
An Anglo-Indian ivory, horn, sandalwood and tortoiseshell miniature chess table, Vizagapatam, 19th century
the octagonal top inlaid with an ivory and tortoiseshell chequer board enclosed by triangular fret-work panels, each set to the centre with cartouche-shaped ivory panel highlighted with an ink engraving of a winged figure, enclosed by pen-work borders of trailing flowers and foliage, above a horn ring-turned column applied with three bands of sized bosses, raised on a quadripartite base and four ivory paw feet, distress, losses, 22,9cm high, 26,5 wide; and thirty diminuitive ivory and red-stained ivory chess pieces, en suite
*This lot is not suitable for export
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