Robert (1938) Block

Lot 28: French Porcelain Chess Set, Robert Block, Paris, 1939

Name: French Porcelain Chess Set, Robert Block, Paris, 1939
Brand: ZQ Art & Auction
SKU: 4ec4619a07
Price: 1000 USD

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USDSold:

ZQ Art & AuctionNew York, NY, USDecember 08, 2016

Item Overview

Description

French Porcelain Chess Set Designed by Robert Bloch, Porcelaine de Paris, 1939, in black and white and white and black with gilding. The figures are adapted from the Lewis medieval chess men including seated kings and queens, knights on horseback carrying shields, rooks as towers, and the pawns as infantry with shields. King is 7.6 cm (3 in) and Pawn 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in) high

Artist or Maker

Robert (1938) Block

Exhibited

This set was exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Munich, 1988

Literature

Schachspiele Wandel Im Laufe Der Kunst Und Kulturgeschichte (Chess: Art History and Culture), Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, 1988, page 65

Provenance

Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, October 22-24, 1980 , Lot 671

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Auction Details

Collection of Important Museum Exhibited 19th and 20th Century Chess Sets

ZQ Art & Auction

December 08, 2016, 03:00 PM EST

348 West 57th Street Ste. 110, New York, NY, 10019, US

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Buyer's Premium

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$50	$299	$25
$300	$699	$50
$700	$1,999	$100
$2,000	$4,999	$250
$5,000	$9,999	$500
$10,000	$29,999	$1,000
$30,000	$49,999	$2,000
$50,000	$74,999	$3,000
$75,000+		$5,000

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