Title: Chessmen (32) and board with box
Object type: Chessmen and board with box
Date: 18th–19th century
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)
Classification: Chess Sets
Credit line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Chess