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Chess piece (Front)

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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. D2584

Walrus ivory

Height: 72mm
Width: 26mm
Depth: 20mm

Rook (or pawn); solder; figure with spear and shield.

Liebgott 1985: Scandinavia, c. 1200.
Museum's opinion 2013: Scandinavia, c. 1200-1250.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Very worn and dark.

Provenance
Found at Sra Næraa, Fynen. Gift of Mrs Finderup in 1891.

Bibliography
F. Lindahl, 'Spillelidenskab', in Hikuin 6 (1980), p. 159.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 83, fig. 79.
P. Grinder-Hansen, 'Skakspil', in Europa mødern verden (Copenhagen, 2012), p. 140.

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