Gothic Ivories Project | Chess piece (Front)

Chess piece (Front)

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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.

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