Chessmen (32)

Indian, possibly Jaipur

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The pawns, human male heads wearing turbans, have red and green forehead marks to match their bases. All the pieces are figural, and the arrangement—the king and minister being male half-figures, the bishop a camel, the knight a horse, and the rook an elephant—is exceedingly common in Indian chess.

Chessmen (32), Ivory, Indian, possibly Jaipur

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