Greek Chess Set - Spartan
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Product Description:
Take your next challenge of chess into the days of Ancient Greece and the mythical realm of gods and goddesses with this handcrafted, exquisite Greek Chess Set imported from Greece.
Hand-crafted cobalt blue board is of inlaid brass with the dark squares painted with a multi-color blue enamel - accented by Greek column base feet. The entire board is lacquered to prevent tarnishing. Players are copper and blue oxidized copper (inalterable in time).
Each set comes with a certificate of authenticity and a manual explaining each player and its history.
Shipped in attractive Greek chess gift box.
Replacement card is provided in case chess pieces are ever lost.
King: The poseidon of Melos, found in Melos, Greece. The god's attitude has a somewhat pompous and theatrical air, an interior emptiness and ostentation. Hellenistic art, 2nd centrury B.C. National museum of Athens
Queen: Bronze statue of Athena with helmet and aegis, from Acropolis of Athens. The goddes is represented in the Promachos type. 450 B.C National museum of Athens
Bishop: Bronze statue of the Hellenistic period. End of second century B.C. National museum of Athens
Knight: Horse with its rider from the marble facade of the Parthenon, which shows the parade of the Panathenians, Sculptured by Pheidias, 566 B.C. Acropolis museum
Castle: The stele of Aristion, "the work of Aristokles" as recorded by the inscription on the base. One of the best preserved Attic stelai of the Archaic period. It must have been crowned by a palmette. The man is depicted as a warrior. 510 B.C National museum of Athens
Pawn: Bronze statue of a spartian soldier. Classic period, 500 B.C
Dimensions:
 King: 4 1/2 inches (H)
King Base: 1 9/16 inches (W)
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