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Chess piece (Side)

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Subject
Secular.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 33mm
Width: 26mm
Depth: 13mm

Knight on horseback.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Hole at the top of the horseman's head.
Crack in the shield.

Provenance
Private collection, London: bought from Les Enluminures, Paris, 1 April 2007.

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