- Museum number
- 1831,1101.98
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; bishop; standing; wearing cope with stole and mitre with infulae; holding crozier and book.
- Production date
- 1150-1175 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 97 millimetres
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Length: 33 millimetres
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Weight: 178.60 grains
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Width: 50 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings
2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend
2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking
2012 27 Nov - 2013 18 Mar, France, Paris, Musee de Cluny, Jeux de la Babylone Antique
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
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2000 4 Apr-14 Oct, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean, Norse & Viking Isles: Gall Ghadheil
1997 4 May-28 Sep, Norway, Trondheim, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum - National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim 100
1995 Oct 12-1996 Jan 14, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, Lewis Chessmen
1977-1978 May-May, Norway, Bergen, Games and Gaming (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.98
