MatthewVett
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Just for you, my dear - since you actually have read Scheherazade Goes West! (Everyone else *cough cough* roses! *cough*colates.)
No wonder you're one of my favorites! And what a gorgeous set!
It looks like it's Chinese. Look at the pawns. They're wearing the conical "coolie" hats, with a long queue down their backs. The king and queen also appear to be Celestial. The bishop, too, had odd headgear. Does it resemble a scholar's hat? http://www.china-cart.com/bookpic/20118/20118352316.jpg Either way, the pawns alone are enough to convince me it's Chinese, those queues reek of the Qing dynasty. What a beautiful chess set! I prefer the Isle of Lewis set, myself, but I love sets with character like that. I read one book with all these lovely sets; one was Ghibellines vs Guelphs, and had the Pope and the church on one side against the Emperor and secular forces on the other; even the pawns were distinct. The book was Chess Masterpieces, if anyone's interested: http://covers.booktopia.com.au/big/9780810949232/chess-masterpieces.jpg