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Chess piece (Front)

Chess piece (Front)
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Side

Back

Side

Side

Subject
Secular.


Unknown location

S/n

Walrus ivory

Height: 80 mm

Knight riding on a monster with horns; knight in armour; spears; soldiers holding spears.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
Inlaid substance in one of the eyes.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2015, lot 22.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby's.

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