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Communist chess set (lemmygrad.ml)

Reds vs Whites, produced circa 1930 in Lomonosov Porcelain Factory in Leningrad

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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

the white pawns in chains, 'monarchs' of the reds being a marriage of industrial proletariat and the agricultural worker, budenovka bishops stalin-feels-good

[-] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

That's dope, the Whites king is metal af

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

Found an auction site that lets you zoom in on these in high resolution. Check out the details!

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Does anyone know the significance of the white queen baring a breast? Weird detail I noticed on that super high quality image.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Probably calling out the western art as decadent, the palaces of aristocracy were full of it.

[-] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've been struggling to make sense of it. The white queen is the Roman goddess Fotruna and the only depictions of her with a bared breast I've found are modern art. Usually a bared breast is either meant to represent nurturing/charity or an indication of sexual violence.

Sure, it could mean be a symbol of her being nurturing, but in the context of this set, I wonder if it is a reference to Nazi depictions of ancient mythology such as the Night of the Amazons where they used a warped image of the mythology to display women naked amidst their "master race" propaganda. Fortuna was also popular in Germany at the time given Carmina Burana was written in the 1930s.

Ultimately I came to the same conclusion about decadence as you, but I'm not sure if there is anything more to the symbolism than that.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Those red ships are one of the cutest chess pieces i ever seen.

[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Des@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

i want a replica so bad. my chess set is boring

somebody etsy this up. maybe do a modern take on it

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

These sets are like $4000-$45,000 lol. Don’t lnow if most of us can drop that kind of cash

[-] Des@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

3d printing?

[-] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Absolute heat wish I could own it

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