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Chess set, hard paste porcelain.'White' imperialist and 'Red' revolutionary king, queen, knights and pawns decorated in enamel colours with silver and bronze pigments and gilt details.
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Chess set, hard paste porcelain. The 'White' imperialist king a skeleton in armour, the queen leaning a cornucopia of gold coins, the knight in armour, the pawns as slaves enchained. The 'Red' revolutionary king and queen as workers, the knights as Red Guardsmen, the pawns modelled with sheaves of corn and sickles. Painted in black, red and pink enamel colours, silver and bronze pigments and gilt, with appropriate symbols; the hammer and sickle on some of the red pieces, an axe and chains on the white pieces.
Technique: enamelling overglaze
Technique: gilding
Material: ceramics
Material: porcelain
Material: hard paste
The Reds and The Whites by Dan'ko, Natal'ya Yakolevno, State Porcelain Factory, 1922, (1985.37/32). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.9083 | Go to resource |
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