Chessmen (32) and board with box

Unknown maker

Medium: Jade, brown onyx marble, bronze, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions: Height (green king, confirmed): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Height (green pawn, confirmed): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Height (brown king, confirmed): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Height (brown pawn, confirmed): 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Overall (board, confirmed): 14 1/8 × 14 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (35.9 × 35.9 × 3.5 cm); Overall (original box): 3 3/4 × 15 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (35.9 × 35.9 × 3.5 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: 18th–19th century
Pixels: 4000 × 1619
SHA-256: 693f108bc6c55656…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Chessmen (32) and board with box. 18th–19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.