Gothic Ivories Project | Chess piece (Side)

Chess piece (Side)

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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
natmus.dk

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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. D7892

Walrus ivory

Height: 87mm
Width: 65mm
Depth: 35mm

King on horseback; crown; soldiers with shields.

Museum's opinion 2013: Scandinavia, c. 1300.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Worn.
Missing: upper part of the crown; upper part of the horse's head.

Provenance
Found at Rønningesøgård manor, Fynen. Obtained by Nationalmuseet through an exchange with the Danish Kunstindustrimuseum in 1911.

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