$350
Cased Set of Ivory Chips. India, ca. 1880. Consisting of 16 chips, eight rectangular and eight rounded, as used to play Chaupat or Viz-Gap-Tam. Housed in an elaborate ivory case overlaid on wood, banded in scrimshawed ivory and many other ivory decorations. One of the ivory bands has a small corner piece missing, with minor cracks and a few pieces of ivory decoration missing, otherwise very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21