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chess-piece
Object Type
chess-piece
Museum number
1881,0719.47
Description
Chess piece, made of ivory, carved, decorated with ring and dot designs infilled with traces of pigment; knight.
Cultures/periods
Fatimid dynasty
Production date
10thC-11thC
Production place
Made in:
Egypt
(?)
Made in:
Sicily
(?)
Materials
ivory
Technique
carved
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.20 centimetres
Height:
5.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Previously regarded as ca 8th-9th century in date.
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(228)
Phillips 1996 / Africa: The Art of a Continent
(7.49)
Akbarnia et al 2018 / The Islamic World: a History in Objects
(p.51, fig.3)
Location
On display
(G42/dc12)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2012 - 2013 28 Nov - 18 Mar, Paris, Musee National du Moyen Age, 'Jeux de la Babylone antique a l'occident medieval'
Subjects
knight
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date
1881
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1881,0719.47