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Chess piece (Front)

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Secular.

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London, Museum of London

Inv. 4981

Ivory

Height: 39.4mm
Width: 33.4mm
Depth: 33.1mm

Unidentified seated female figure (possibly a queen); throne decorated with foliated scrolls.

Museum's opinion 2010: 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the piece including the torso and head of the figure.

Provenance
Found at Blackfriars, London EC4 (City of London). Acquired by the Guildhall Museum in or before 1908; London Museum merged with the Guildhall Museum in 1976 to form the Museum of London.

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