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venerdì 10 aprile 2015

Two chessboards of Islamic origin




Two chessboards of Islamic origin: (a) 18th-century Kashmir or Northern Indian Chessboard; a painted wooden games board for Nard and Chess, decorated with extensive polychrome floral motifs within cartouches and a painted blue border, 58cm long, 39cm wide; (b) Lebanese Inlaid Chessboard; an intricate inlaid chessboard (with a backgammon board on the reverse side) from Lebanon, circa 1930, with over 2000 inlaid pieces

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