RARE CANTONESE CARVED IVORY 'KING GEORGE AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE' CHESS SET
QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the whites modelled with George III and Charlotte as king and queen, the stained pieces with the Emperor Qianlong and Empress, the white pawns as musketeers, the reds as shield-bearing swordsmen, the rooks in the form of elephants with mahouts and castellated turrets on their backs, on a later ebonized wooden base

PROVENANCE: Private London collection, purchased from Dreweatts Donningtons’ Priory Salesroom, 11th November 2011

NOTE: For a similar example see - Christie’s SK, the Kaspar Stock Collection, 27th May 2004, lot 27