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Chess piece (Back)

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Front

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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
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Stockholm, Historiska museet (The Swedish History Museum)

Inv. 893:F

Walrus ivory

Height: 74mm
Width: 52mm

Female figure on horseback (possibly a queen); veil; crown.
Foliated interlaced scrolls (rinceaux).

Museum's opinion 2013: mid 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Large hole in the figure's chest.

Provenance
Collection of Prof. Nils Henrik Sjöborg: his sale to the Museum in 1840.

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