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<em>Chess Board and 40 Men with Box</em>. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)
Chess Board and 40 Men with Box. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)
<em>Chess Board and 40 Men with Box</em>. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)

Chess Board and 40 Men with Box. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)

<em>Chess Board and 40 Men with Box</em>. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view1.jpg)

Chess Board and 40 Men with Box. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view1.jpg)

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Chess Board and 40 Men with Box

Asian Art

MEDIUM wood, lacquer
  • Place Made: Japan
    • DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 20248
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund
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    CAPTION Chess Board and 40 Men with Box. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, storage, CUR.20248_view2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    <em>Chess Board and 40 Men with Box</em>. wood, lacquer, 7 1/2 x 12 x 13 in. (19 x 30.5 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1909, Purchased with funds given by Thomas T. Barr, E. LeGrand Beers, Carll H. de Silver, Herman B. Stutzer, Colonel Robert B. Woodward and the Museum Collection Fund, 20248. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.20248_view2.jpg)

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