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Chess piece (Side)

Chess piece (Side)
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Side

Front

Subject
Secular.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 60 mm

Seated king; orb; crown.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: sceptre (?) in the king's right hand.

Provenance
Private collection, Hamburg; Sotheby's, 4 December 2013, lot 12.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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