chess-piece
- Museum number
- 1831,1101.100
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; bishop; standing; wearing chasuble and mitre with infulae; holding crozier and book.
- Production date
- 1150-1200 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.20 centimetres
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Weight: 150 grammes
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Width: 4.80 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 14 Nov-2012 22 Apr, USA, New York, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
1995 6 Aug-12 Nov, Germany, Brunswick, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit: Herrschaft und Repräsentation der Welfen 1125-1235
1990 Nov 17-1991 Apr 1, Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum, 'Scotland Creates-500 years of Art and Design'
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.100